All accounts now have access to ASP.NET 2.0. at no extra cost. Build betterapplications faster and easier than ever before. ASP.Net 2.0 has improved performance and scalabilty, and has a great set of tools for building your applications.
New Features in ASP.NET 2.0
ASP.NET 2.0 introduces many new server controls that enable powerful declarative support for data access, login security, wizard navigation, menus, treeviews, portals, and more. This include:
- Master Pages. Define a common look and feel in a single file, then allow your web pages to inherit this from the master page.
- Themes and Skins. Easily customize your site's look and feel with themes and skins features in ASP.NET 2.0.
- Personalization. Create customized experiences with the new personalization services in ASP.NET 2.0.
- Localization. Display appropriate site content based on the user's locale. This has been simplified in ASP.NET 2.0 allowing you to easily enrich your user's experience.
- Configuration API. ASP.NET 2.0 contains new configuration management APIs, enabling users to programmatically build programs or scripts that create, read, and update Web.config and machine.config configuration files.
- Pre-compilation Tool. Protect your intellectual property, and load your sites faster.