ASP.Net News

Work with Excel files, create charts, try out some web parts and more in this week's additions to the ASP.NET Control Gallery.

We've now added podcasts from the Coding QA Podcast, as well as Hanselminutes and .Net Rocks! Listen to popular community members discuss and debate issues of interest to all ASP.NET developers.

Shared and expand your knowledge about the Report Viewer, GridViews, CheckBoxLists, and more in the ASP.NET Wiki. Earn Community Recognition points by contributing!

Scott Mitchell concludes his 16-part Web Hosting series. Learn the ins and outs of handling and logging runtime errors, as well as how to precompile your website and manage membership.

Learn about Validation and Login Controls in Joe Stagner's latest installments in his Visual Web Developer series.

Microsoft’s Joe Stagner hits the airwaves with a brand new podcast. In his first segment he interviews Scott Hunter, a Senior Program Manager Lead on the ASP.NET team. Hear about the future of Web Forms, ASP.Net Futures, and more, directly from the team that drives much of ASP.NET.

The IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta is now available – It is a brand new free toolkit that helps Web developers, hosting providers, and server administrators improve their sites’ relevance in search results.

Learn how to use the new Data Annotations Model Binder -- just released on CodePlex.com -- to perform validation in an ASP.NET MVC application. The Data Annotations Model Binder makes it easy to perform validation in an ASP.NET MVC application by using attributes such as the Required and StringLength attributes.

Rob Conery concludes the series on the ASP.NET MVC Storefront Starter Kit by adding Domain-Driven Design principles to its architecture.

Broaden your knowledge by listening to podcasts, watching recorded webcasts, or register for an upcoming webcast hosted by industry experts and the product team on current and upcoming technologies.

Ramp Up has just launched 3 *new* ASP.NET tracks. The easy-to-access content (provided by subject-matter gurus) teaches the important skills in a guided path, making the learning process easier and more efficient. Check out www.MyRampUp.com!

Microsoft's Joe Stagner demonstrates how to use the AJAX Control Toolkit to create a new custom AJAX Control Extender.

Today Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 are available for download. Use the ASP.NET 4 forum to ask questions about the latest version of ASP.NET and the VS2010 forum to ask questions about the tools. Also, check out the “ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 Web Development Beta 1 Overview” whitepaper for more information about the new features in this release.

Learn how to use the HTML Editor, ComboBox, and ColorPicker. Download the new AJAX Control Toolkit from CodePlex.