ASP.NET 4.0 Updates – http://www.asp.net/learn/whitepapers/aspnet4 tl;dr: Stuff moved from web.config to machine.config More robust XSS checking and form post validation More streamlined inclusion of Microsoft AJAX framework (UpdatePanels), and jQuery (which Microsoft officially includes now) More control over viewstate Built-in page routing for webforms (how MVC urls work, but now works with webforms. www.mem.com/contentdisplay/5123431 for [...]

Image via Wikipedia (Back to beginning of series) Part 3: Site Architecture Design Now that I had the majority of the HTML and CSS down, I had more to figure out about how to implement the various features (like image gallery, news,and mailing list). Should I write my own, or should I use existing tools? What language should [...]

(Back to beginning of series) Part 2: Site UI Design / HTML Structure When I first picked up the project, I had a few things to consider: what requirements do I have, and once I had those, how would I display these feature in a neat manner, and what technologies would I use to implement them. The [...]