One of the big things that I discussed in my MIX talk is the new DomainDataSource control. It is currently available in Preview form as part of ASP.NET Dynamic Data 4.0 Preview 3 . This can be confusing, because even though Dynamic Data makes use of DomainDataSource, DomainDataSource is absolutely not tied to Dynamic Data, and is fully usable in ‘regular’ aspx pages. In addition to this preview, you’ll want to also install Microsoft .NET RIA Services in order to get some useful tooling. This too can be confusing, because it makes it sound like it’s tied to RIA and Silverlight in some way, when in fact it is not. The deal is that there is this new thing called a DomainService, which is essentially a Business Layer class that...
Last Friday, I gave a talk at MIX on various things that we’re working on in ASP.NET data land. This includes both some Dynamic Data features and some features usable outside Dynamic Data. The great thing about MIX is that they make all talks freely available online shortly after, and you can watch mine here . Enjoy! I’ll try to blog in more detail about some of the features discussed in the talk in the next few days. Read More...