ASP.NET Team Releases for Mix 2008

Thursday, March 6, 2008

For all those interested in the information and the latest bits from the ASP.NET Team, here are the latest links.

Downloads:

ASP.NET MVC Preview 2
Silverlight tools including ASP.NET Server Controls
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview from December

ASP.NET Updates:

ASP.NET Home Page Announcement
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Download Page
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Quickstarts
ASP.NET Preview 2 (MIX) readme
ASP.NET Updated Forums
ASP.NET Server Controls for Silverlight Forum
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Videos

Jeffrey Palermo, the founder of MVCContrib and CodeCampServer has posted the changes from what he can gather here. As noted, you must uninstall the old bits first before installing the new ones.

I've been playing with the bits for a little bit lately and I must admit it's a lot better now. But, I'm noticing that it seems that the ASP.NET team wants us to use more of the Supervising Controller/Presenter Pattern and less of the Passive View Pattern. Brad Wilson also notes that here. It hasn't dampened my usage of it yet as I have adapted my designs since then. After all, you have to be a little flexible when using a CTP.

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