ASP.NET 3.

5 New Features
Agenda

 What's New in .NET Framework 3.5?

 Visual Studio 2008 Enhancements
 LINQ (Language Integrated Query)
 New ASP.NET Server Controls
 ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions
 ASP.NET Dynamic Data ( now in SP1 )
 ASP.NET MVC Framework ( now in Beta )
 ASP.NET and AJAX Integration
 ASP.NET Controls for Silverlight

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Timeline
 November 2005   
ASP.NET 2.0 Released along with Visual Studio 2005  (No ASP.NET AJAX)
 January 2007        
ASP.NET AJAX v1.0 released as an add-on to ASP.NET 2.0 (Works with Visual
Studio 2005)
 May 2007               
ASP.NET "Futures" a developer preview of some of the features considered for
future releases released as a CTP
 July 2007
ASP.NET "Futures" CTP Updated
 November 2007   
ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 released (ASP.NET 3.5 contains built-in
newer version of ASP.NET AJAX, ListView, DataPager and LinqDataSource
controls)
 December 2007  
ASP.NET 3.5 Exensions (CTP Version containing new features for ASP.NET,
AJAX and Silverlight)
 August 2008
.Net 3.5 SP1

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What’s New in .NET Framework 3.5?

 Language Integrated Queries (LINQ)

 Family of technologies that provides querying features
for data, from relational to XML
 Generate a LINQ object model that provides an object
representation of the database
 New collections: HashSet<T>
 Peer-to-Peer networking framework
 Integration of WCF and WWF (Workflow
Services)

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What’s New in Visual Studio 2008?
 Framework targeting (2.0, 3.0, 3.5)
 Full support for LINQ and LINQ to SQL
 Integrated ASP.NET AJAX
 Improved HTML editor
 Split source/design view
 JavaScript IntelliSense and debugging
 CSS manager and debugger
 Integrated WPF, WCF, WF designers
 Runs a bit slower

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Visual Studio 2008 Enhancements

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LINQ and LINQ to SQL
 Query, set and transform operations for .NET
 Querying data becomes a core programming concept
 Works with all types and shapes of data
 Relational databases
 XML
 Objects
 …
 Works with all .NET languages
 C# and VB and have integrated language support
 LINQ to SQL
 Powerful ORM framework

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 var contacts = Query
expressions
from c in customers
where c.State == "WA"
Expression
Local variable select new { c.Name, c.Phone }; trees
type inference

Lambda Automatic
expressions properties
var contacts =
Partial
customers methods
.Where(c => c.State == "WA")
.Select(c => new { c.Name, c.Phone });
Extension
methods Anonymous Object
types initializers

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 Dim x = 5
 Implicitly typed locals
 Extension methods <Extension>
Sub Randomize(col As Collection)
 Lambda Expressions
Function(c) c.Name
 Object initializers
 Anonymous types New Point With { .x = 1, .y = 2 }

 Nullable types New With { c.Name, c.Phone }

 Query expressions
If emp.DOB >=
>= To
Today
 XML Literals
From … Where … Select

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SqlConnection c = new SqlConnection(…);
Queries in
c.Open();
quotes
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(
@"SELECT c.Name, c.Phone
FROM Customers c Loosely bound
WHERE c.City = @p0"); arguments
cmd.Parameters["@p0"] = "London";
DataReader dr = c.Execute(cmd);
while (dr.Read()) { Loosely typed
string name = dr.GetString(0); result sets
string phone = dr.GetString(1);
DateTime date =dr.GetDateTime(2);
}
dr.Close(); No compile time
checks

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 Classes describe
public class Customer { … } data
public class Northwind: DataContext
{ Tables are like
public Table<Customer> Customers; collections
…
}
Strongly typed
connection
Northwind db = new Northwind(…);
var contacts =
from c in db.Customers Integrated query
syntax
where c.City == "London"
select new { c.Name, c.Phone };
Strongly typed
results

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LINQ to SQL

 LINQ to SQL
Designer in
VS 2008
NorthwindDataContext db =
new NorthwindDataContext();
var customers = from c in db.Customers
where c.City == "London" select c;
foreach (var cust in customers)
Console.WriteLine(
"id = {0}, City = {1}",
cust.CustomerID, cust.City);

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 LINQ to Objects API
 queries over any .NET collection, such as arrays and generic
lists.
 LINQ over XML (XLinq)
 Core functionality of the XLinq API such as load, modify, and
save XML documents
 LINQ to SQL
 provides direct access to database tables from the
programming environment
 LINQ to Entities
 enables developers to use LINQ over EDM models

 LINQ to Dataset
 allows the full expressivity of LINQ to be used over Datasets.

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New ASP.NET Data Controls

 <asp:ListView>

 <asp:DataPager>

 <asp:LinqDataSource>

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ListView Control
 Combines templating capabilities of the Repeater control and the data editing
capabilities of the DataGrid
 complete control of how the ListView presents your data through 11 templates.
 LayoutTemplate
 AlternatingItemTemplate
 EditItemTemplate
 EmptyDataTemplate
 EmptyItemTemplate
 GroupTemplate
 GroupSeparatorTemplate
 InsertItemTemplate
 ItemTemplate
 ItemSeparatorTemplate
 SelectedItemTemplate
 most important templates are the LayoutTemplate and the ItemTemplate.
 LayoutTemplate HTML defines the overall look and feel
 ItemTemplate HTML specifies how each bound record will appear.

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ListView
 <asp:ListView ID="ListView2" runat="server" DataSourceID="MyDataSource"> <LayoutTemplate>
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server"> </asp:PlaceHolder> </LayoutTemplate> <ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Company" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("CompanyName") %>' /> <br /> <asp:Label
ID="CityLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("City") %>' /> <hr /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:ListView>

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DataPager

 provides paging capabilities.

 points at the control it provides paging
support for. As an external control
 place it anywhere on the page, and configure
look
 works with controls that implement the
IPageableItemContainer interface ( ListView )

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DataPager

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LinqData Source Control

 Bind to a Linq Data Model

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ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions
 ASP.NET MVC Framework
 Model View Controller framework for ASP.NET ( now in Beta )
 ASP.NET Dynamic Data
 Dynamic data controls for displaying/editing table data in ASP.NET
 ASP.NET AJAX
 Browser history support
 ADO.NET Data Services
 Create REST addressable services endpoints for your data and
consume with AJAX and Silverlight
 Silverlight Controls for ASP.NET
 Integrate Silverlight into ASP.NET applications

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ASP.NET Dynamic Data

 Create quickly a rich data-driven Web sites

 Like in Ruby on Rails and Django (in Python)
 Based on LINQ to SQL data model
 Dynamically display data based on the data model of
the underlying database
 Pages are created automatically (zero code)
 Based on highly customizable templates
 Uses dynamic data fields – user controls that
render standard data field types

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ASP.NET Dynamic Data

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ASP.NET AJAX
 All AJAX 1.0 features in
v1.0
.NET 3.5
ASP.NET 2.0
 Enhancements to UpdatePanel
VS 2005  WCF JSON Services
 Better Development
Experience
v1.0 v3.5  JavaScript Intellisense
ASP.NET 3.5
 JavaScript Debugging
VS 2008  ASP.NET AJAX Extender
Control Support

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ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
 Separate download from core
ASP.NET AJAX
 Library of free ASP.NET AJAX
enabled controls
 Download from http://ajax.asp.net
 Developed using a collaborative
source model
 Licensed under Microsoft Public
License (Ms-PL)
 All source freely available
 ~ 40 controls as of today

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