Kevin says...
Microsoft posted some great info about upcoming releases of the .NET Framework and VS.NET. Some of the questions that the article raises for me:Kevin Dente
I'm surprised no one has made mention of the Master Pages item from the roadmap? Check it:
Second, Whidbey will include features that ensure consistency and code reuse across pages within a Web site. The introduction of Master Pages will enable developers to quickly share layout across multiple pages by designing templates that specify the location of controls, menu bars, headers, and footers. Similar to visual inheritance in Windows Forms, Master Pages allow other pages on a Web site to inherit from a Master Page, automatically acquiring its look and feel. When a developer wishes to change the layout of all the pages, they need only make updates to the Master Page.
This is going to be a great addition to every ASP.Net developers arsenal. Couple that with the new theming and skins that will be in Whidbey and I'm drooling over my keyboard.
Now let's dig a little deeper into some of the other cool things that have jumped out at me. ObjectSpaces will hopefully just plain rock my box. I'm eagerly awaiting this feature, along with the new ADO.Net classes that allow me to isolate the code from the data. ObjectSpaces + New abstracted data classes, awesome. I've already have several inhouse projects targeted for this stuff.