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Microsoft ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web applications. ASP.NET can be used to create anything from small, personal websites through to large, enterprise-class web applications.

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ASP.NET AJAX
A free framework for quickly creating a new generation of more efficient and interactive Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers.

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Featured Content

New ASP.NET MVC Data Access Tutorials
Want to learn how to display database data in an ASP.NET MVC application? Stephen Walther continues his MVC tutorial series by showing how to create MVC model classes and format data with templates in these three new tutorials.
ASP.NET News
09 October 2008 00:00:00

Download the Microsoft Web Platform Beta today!
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta includes the runtime, application framework, database server, tools, and IIS extensions for building web applications with ASP.net, ASP.net MVC and Silverlight in a single install.
ASP.NET News
06 October 2008 00:00:00

New Updates to the ASP.NET Wiki
The Wiki continues to grow with updated Wiki Articles on Design Patterns, Generics, controls, and more. Share your knowledge and earn Community Recognition points by contributing to the ASP.NET Wiki.
ASP.NET News
01 October 2008 00:00:00

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"How Do I?" Videos

How Do I: Send Email Asynchronously with ASP.NET
ASP.NET Videos24 September 2008 00:00:00

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Latest Microsoft ASP.NET Blog Posts

New ASP.NET MVC Tutorials
I created three new ASP.NET MVC tutorials that were just published at the www.ASP.net/mvc website. There are both C# and VB.NET versions of each tutor... More...
Stephen Walther on ASP.NET MVC
10 October 2008 17:00:03

Checkout Tip#10, Tip#11, Tip#12 and Tip#13 on Tips and Tricks blog
Here are four new tips on Tips and Tricks Blog. Tip #10 Did you know… Visual Web Developer 2008 has a New Style Builder Dialog? Tip #11 Did you know…... More...
Visual Web Developer Team Blog
10 October 2008 16:48:21

ASP.NET MVC and the new IIS7 Rewrite Module
Last year I noticed that there were 11 ways to get to my blog. Literally 11 different URLs and it wasn't helping me my ranking in the search engin... More...
Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - ASP.NET
10 October 2008 02:23:08

October 10th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, jQuery, IIS
Here is the latest in my link-listing series . Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for link... More...
ScottGu's Blog
10 October 2008 01:53:45

PDC: Microsoft .NET Framework: Overview and Applications for Babies
The PDC 2008 schedule is locked down. Looks like my main talk is on the first day, 10/27 at 5:15pm-6:30pm. Come to the talk and we'll all go out f... More...
Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - ASP.NET
09 October 2008 13:00:32

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Featured ASP.NET MVP

	David Walker David has over 15 years experience in application development with over 50% of that employed as a consultant with companies such as Texaco, Bank of Oklahoma, Winner Communications and IBM Global Services... more...
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Blog Posts from the Community

ASP.NET MVC Tip: Dependency Injection with StructureMap
Normal 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyl... More...
ASP.NET Weblogs
10 October 2008 19:56:00

ASP.NET 2.0 x64 – You may get HTTP 400 Bad Request or Error as mentioned in KB 932552 or 826437
I’m sure you already know about this fix for ASP.NET which fixes an issue of “not a valid path” exception, and this fix for ASP.NET 1.1 for the same r... More...
ASP.NET Weblogs
10 October 2008 19:24:32

Wishing for dev10: Get rid of PLK, SLK, DLK and anything ?LK
Today one very annoying thing you've to do when you want to deploy your Visual Studio Package extension is to get a PLK or "Package Load Key&... More...
ASP.NET Weblogs
10 October 2008 19:20:44

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ASP.NET Forums

Installation and Setup
All about installing and getting ASP.NET running on your system.

Getting Started
The perfect forum for ASP.NET novices. No question too simple!

ASP.NET Futures
Use this forum to discuss ASP.NET AJAX Extensions, Dynamic Data Controls, Silverlight Controls for ASP.NET, ASP.NET Dynamic Language Support, and Search and Diagnostics Application Services.

Web Forms
All about building ASP.NET Pages - server controls, events, validation, etc.

Visual Studio 2005
General discussions of Visual Studio 2005.

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Case Studies

Heat Magazine (Emap)
Design Agency Builds Celebrity Magazine Web Site in Just 11 Weeks

reed.co.uk
Leading Online Recruitment Company Expands Services with New Web Environment

huddle.net
Web 2.0 Startup Boosts Business with Affordable Development Tools

Howard Baines
Start-Up Migrates from Open Source and Develops Web Solution in Just Three Weeks

EMIS
U.K. Healthcare Solutions Provider Accelerates GP Systems and Enhances Patient Care

ASP.NET Code Gallery Samples

Devscribe
Code documentation that looks like just C# code!
MSDN Code Gallery
07 October 2008 17:07:25

.NET Application Modeling Language (nAML) Specification and Tools
nAML (.NET Application Modeling Language, pronounced as “namel”) is a visual modeling semantics to model .net applications with wi... more
MSDN Code Gallery
11 September 2008 07:03:41

A sample of ASP.NET ObjectDataSource with Northwind database
A sample of ASP.NET ObjectDataSource with Northwind database, with separated layers for business and data access.The Data Access Layer use ADO.NET 2.0... more
MSDN Code Gallery
20 August 2008 02:01:48

Creador de Gráficos con ASP.NET / Creator of chart with ASP.NET
Es una herramienta para realizar gráficos en barra o torta utilizando la clasi System.Drawing.---------------------------------------------It is... more
MSDN Code Gallery
30 July 2008 14:37:43

FastMVC: Compress and Cache Dynamic and Static requests
Load dynamic pages 5 to 20 times faster by compressing response on the fly. Serve static files (js, html, css) 10 to 100 times faster by compr... more
MSDN Code Gallery
30 June 2008 01:01:42

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ASP.NET Projects from CodePlex

ASP.NET Membership Micro Web Site
ASP.NET Membership Micro Web Site For Visual Web Developer 2008 Express (C#).Simple start-up web site for user authentication:- Login-... more
CodePlex
09 October 2008 08:04:42

Map Report
MapReport is .NET 2.0 library for easy creation of map reports. MapReport uses Google Maps API, however you don't have to worry about Google Maps... more
CodePlex
09 October 2008 07:12:36

Visual Studio 2008 XHTML 1.1 Templates
Visual Studio 2008 XHTML 1.1 Templates is as set of item and project templates for ASP.NET developers using Visual Studio 2008 that provide XHTML 1.1... more
CodePlex
03 October 2008 03:35:36

Devv.Core.UniDataTier
Devv.Core.UniDataTier is a generic and easy to use data access layer compatible with SQL Server, Oracle, OleDb and ODBC. Support for other databases &... more
CodePlex
02 October 2008 11:07:19

Pageflow WF
Pageflow is based upon Workflow Foundation, and can be used to drive user interfaces. It has it's own workflow type and on every transition (m... more
CodePlex
01 October 2008 13:55:41

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