EXTREME ASP.NET: Page Navigation

摘要

In my childhood I spent several weeks a year in Holland with my extended family. As a young American boy I was fascinated with the electric Dutch trains, something we didn't see in my hometown of Dallas, Texas. My cousins entertained me by taking me out in their boats to watch the trains go by. Sitting in the water near the tracks you could hear the approaching train as a slight steely whisper reverberating through the rails, building slowly to a crescendo as the train rushed past. Thinking about ASP.NET 2.0 reminds me of that approaching train. It's nearly here and many of us eagerly anticipate the release. We can already hear the hum, which will only continue to get louder until the release. Then the way we write software will change, yet again. The Microsoft goal for ASP.NET 2.0 was to increase developer productivity by 50 percent. However, the true productivity gains look to be exceeding that goal. New personalization, membership, and role management features take the burden off the developer, and other features, like data binding, have been simplified.