ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions - December CTP now available

ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions - December CTP now available 10 Dec 2007 15:02

Just noticed that the much awaited December CTP for the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions library is now available for download.

This has been highly anticipated because it will be the first ASP.NET Futures CTP which includes the first working bits for the ASP.NET MVC framework.

ScottGu has been actively posting on this already so there is plenty of good information to get started with.

The other bits that feature with this release are:

Dynamic Data Controls: I had a good look at these recently after Tokes showed them off at the Code Camp session down in Christchurch. If you are looking at any sort of 2 tier data driven scenario these should be on your must look list..
Entity Framework Beta 3: This was actually released seperately on Friday, but looks like it was intended to be bundled with this release :) Remember to download the tools for this which integrate with VS2008.
Data Services: Previously known as Project Astoria, these let you expose your ADO.NET sources data through REST based service endpoints. This now also supports working with the Entity Framework and published your Entity Data Model
Improvements and new controls for the ASP.NET AJAX library

So lots to check out - most likely most of the press will be on the MVC framework, but this looks to be a pretty nice little early Xmas pressie for us :)

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