Die "ASP.NET Futures" Zusammenstellung [1] bietet eine Reihe neuer Features (in einem
sehr frühen Stadium) die die tägliche Arbeit eines ASP.NET/Silverlight Entwicklers
durch vereinfachte und schnellere Umsetzung sowie reichere Funktionalität vereinfachen
sollte. Ein Quickstart [2] hilft bei der Einarbeitung. Folgende Erweiterungen sind
im Release enthalten:
ASP.NET AJAX Futures
The new release includes support for managing browser history (Back button support),
selecting elements by CSS selectors or classes, and information on accessing “Astoria”
Web data services.
Silverlight Controls for ASP.NET
You can integrate the rich behavior of Microsoft® Silverlight™
into your Web application by using two new ASP.NET server controls: a Media server
control that enables you to easily integrate media sources such as audio (WMA)
and video (WMV) into your Web application, and a XAML server control that enables
you to reference your own XAML and associated JavaScript files.
Dynamic Data Controls for ASP.NET
Dynamic data controls are a set of ASP.NET server controls that obtain database schema
information at run time, provide default display formats according to common user
expectations, and enable you to easily customize those formats.
ASP.NET Application Services
New services for ASP.NET enable you to add search to your ASP.NET Web applications,
using a commercial search engine’s API (such as Windows Live Search) and custom search
providers. You can also publish custom and dynamic sitemaps that are configured to
assist search engine crawlers. A new service lets you capture JavaScript errors
and report them to server-based ASP.NET code.
Dynamic Languages Support in ASP.NET
Support for dynamic languages in ASP.NET is built on the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR),
a new platform currently under development at Microsoft. The DLR simplifies hosting
dynamic languages on the Common Language Runtime. Two dynamic languages are now hosted
on the DLR: IronPython and Managed JScript.