With this post I am opening a series -hopefully- of posts, based on my experiences with ASP.NET 2.0. This post by itself is at the moment incomplete.
I have been programming ASP.NET since version 1.0 and did most of my work in ASP.NET 1.1. Only recently, and just after the release of Visual Studio 2005 and the .Net Framework 2.0 I started working in ASP.NET 2.0. I have two initial goals to accomplish (apart from learning all the new and changed features of the new release):
- I want to port my version 1.1 code libraries to ASP.NET 2.0
- I want to create a web project I had in mind for the last couple of months in ASP.NET 2.0
My first findings so far:
- ASP.NET 2.0 includes a framework for web site membership, role based security, and personalization. It is based on the same authentication and authorization mechanisms that come from version 1.1 but introduces the use of a data store and a "provider" API to support the new features. Previously I used to use my own implementation of such features using a custom solution. The new version makes my relevant code somewhat obsolete. I am already trying membership, roles and profiles and finding them easy and helpful. I 'll get back to you with more specifics on this...
