Conclusion

Visual Studio .NET 2005 is the made-to-measure tool to build ASP.NET applications. Built to integrate the functionality of multiple visual designers in a common container environment, Visual Studio .NET is capable of providing a unique editing experience to Web and Windows developers. In situations where Microsoft came up short with its predecessor Visual Studio .NET 2003 the newest version rocks. It's impressive to see how strong points in the new version overcome the shortcomings in the previous version.

In this chapter, we traversed the main phases of Web application development through Visual Studio .NET 2005 the page design, maintenance, and evolution of a Web project; and the deployment and administration of the final set of pages, files, and assemblies. The goal of this chapter was to provide the details of ASP.NET development with Visual Studio .NET 2005 what's great, what's been improved, what's new, and what you should know. If you successfully worked with previous version of Visual Studio .NET, you'll just fall in love with this one. If you had complaints about Visual Studio .NET 2003, you'll be pleased to see that most of the problems you complained about have been resolved.

I also spent some time discussing themes such as deployment and administration. Both are essential steps in finalizing a project, but both steps are often overlooked and often end up forcing developers and customers to swallow bitter pills. In some cases, deployment and administration require ad hoc tools; in as many other cases, though, a small handful of applications can let developers and administrators do their work smoothly and effectively. The point of contrast discussed in the chapter was who writes what and at what cost? Visual Studio .NET 2005 makes it easy to agree on the following points: essential tasks are cost-free, well done, and all included in the product.