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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
URL Mapper with Regular Expressions Support in ASP.NET 2.0
One of the things that limits the usefulness of the built-in URL Mapping feature in ASP.NET 2.0 is the fact that it does not support regular expressions. Scott Guthrie tells why such support did not make it into this release.
Meanwhile, Christopher Pietschmann has posted a URL mapping solution which provides regex support for ASP.NET 2.0.
If you are looking for URL mapping/rewriting solutions for ASP.NET 1.1, see HOW TO: Rewrite URL.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Commerce Starter Kit 1.01 released
Commerce Starter Kit 1.01 for ASP.NET 2.0 has been released. This version fixes some localization issues found in the initial release.
From the home of Commerce Starter Kit site:
The Commerce Starter Kit (CSK) is a free, open source e-commerce storefront written specifically for ASP.NET 2.0. It features out-of-the-box product catalog and shopping cart functionality that allows website owners to setup, run, and maintain an online store with little or no costs, license fees, or limitations.
The Commerce Starter Kit was created by Wekeroad and sponsored by the PayPal Developer Network. The goal of the project is to continually improve the kit by attracting a community of developers that support its ongoing development through feedback and code contributions.
Get it at: CommerceStarterKit.org
Visual Studio 2005 Web Deployment Projects Beta Preview available for Download
Visual Studio 2005 Web Development Projects (Beta Preview) is now available for download.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/infrastructure/wdp/default.aspx
This add-in tool provides additional functionality for building and deploying web applications created in ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Scott Guthrie has a nice writeup on this new tool. Among the features highlighted are:
- More control over the number of assemblies generated by a pre-compiled web project, and control over their naming.
- Ability to utilize the full power of MSBuild to customize build processes.
- Ability to define and use custom build-configurations inside VS, and define per-build configuration options.
- Ability to customize and modify a web application's web.config file at deployment.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Recently published: Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide: VB Edition
[From the publisher]
Mike Murach & Associates has just published a VB edition of their ASP.NET 2.0 book for experienced developers entitled, appropriately enough, Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide: VB Edition.
Like the C# edition that was published in August, this book focuses on the practical aspects of upgrading. According to Murach, it’s easy enough for ASP.NET 1.x developers to get information on what’s new in ASP.NET 2.0. But it’s harder to figure out how…and when…to upgrade to the new features on the job. So this book goes beyond the typical overview and gives examples of how to apply the new features in everyday web applications.
To see how this works, developers can download chapter 3 of the book from the Murach web site. This chapter is on master pages, an ASP.NET 2.0 feature that makes it easy to include banners, navigation menus, and other elements on all the pages in an application. After explaining the basic concept, this chapter shows sample pages that use this feature, then shows and explains all the aspx and code-behind code that’s needed to make those pages work.
The remaining chapters in the book cover other key features, like the Access, SQL, and XML data sources; the GridView, DetailView and FormView controls; object data sources that allow binding to custom business objects; login and site navigation controls; profiles; the MultiView and Wizard controls; themes; web parts for building portals; and tools for configuring and deploying new applications.
To let upgraders move at a quick, professional pace, all of the content is formatted in Murach’s "paired pages" style. Each two-page spread presents a single topic. The lefthand page explains the topic while the righthand page shows the critical details, using syntax, code, screen shots, and how-to notes. This format allows experienced developers to take in a lot of information at a glance, so they can put it to work more quickly.
Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide: VB Edition is available directly from the publisher at www.murach.com and from online and brick-and-mortar bookstores.
Editor's note: This book is also available here. Read here for free chapter.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Service Packs for VS 2003 and VS 2005
Scott Wiltamuth revealed that VS 2003 SP1 is scheduled for release in April 2006. VS 2005 SP1 is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2006 (a more specific date will be made available once Microsoft has more customer data).
DotNetNuke v3.2/v4.0 Released
Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems Inc. has announced the immediate availability of open-source Web Application Framework, DotNetNuke 3.x (ASP.NET 1.1) and DotNetNuke 4.0 (ASP.NET 2.0). Both versions include AJAX support and Windows/Active Directory authentication, and will be developed in parallel in the near future.
From the press release:
“...the latest DotNetNuke release contains support for AJAX and advanced client-side behaviors which developers can leverage in their modules. In addition, the site navigation information for pages and actions have been abstracted into proper providers, allowing for more extensibility and easier migration to the SiteMap capabilities of ASP.NET 2.0.“
“Native Windows Authentication and Active Directory support enables DotNetNuke to interface with the users and groups defined within an Intranet environment, providing authentication and authorization services linked to a centralized security control point.”
Read complete press release.
On a related note, keep a close watch on this book: Professional DotNetNuke 4.0: for ASP.NET 2.0.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Welcome to the ASPNETWorld.com site blog!
This post marks the first official blog entry for the ASPNETWorld.com Blog. This blog runs on the community edition of newtelligence dasBlog, version 1.8.
Scott Hanselman has a blog entry on dasBlog 1.8 Gold installation procedures and features. Omar Shashine (Scott's partner in crime for the community edition initiative) has some dasBlog tips to offer in his blog. And of course, Clemens Vaster's blog is also worth reading. For those who don't know, Clemens is the author of the original dasBlog.