.NET 3.5 SP1 changes for ASP.NET

Question

Hi, I would like to test out the new SP1 in my development server and then install it for my production server. But I wonder what it had enhance to the ASP.NET portion specifically as that is where my concerns are.

I read the docs found in the SP1 Download page but it seens a bit too general to me, not much on the ASP.NE portion. Anyone have any clues on this? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-and-net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-beta.aspx

There is a section in there on the improvements for web development.. it can be vague as well but has links to videos and further information. I suggest checking it out.

Answer 2

Short list:

ASP.NET: Dynamic Data now included in .Net 3.5 and all necessary project templates for VS also available ASP.NET: History support added. Now we can control AJAX pages behavior on Back/Forward buttons pressed in very simple manner that was shown previously on MS demos ASP.NET: Script Combining feature added to reduce the number of requests and improving page load time. Before this moment we used custom approach for client scripts combining VS2008: Added richer support of JavaScript code formatting and Intellisense, especially for separated .js files

more on blog: http://dimarzionist.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/full-list-of-changes-in-sp1-beta/

Answer 3

Please check out this article: Hidden Gems - Not the same old 3.5 SP1 post

It details some of the minor improvements in SP1. It also links to Scott Guthrie's article on SP1.

In my experience, the upgrade went well. I had one issue with a site with poorly coded AJAX - nothing much at all.

• Ron

Answer 4

Thanks all for the links and answer, I will check them out. By the way, anyone install the SP1 see any improvement on the ASP.NET application startup time, I read something about it but not sure in a measureable way, how much have it improved. My website have a slow apps start up time though I had use some sort of precompilation.

Answer 5

To be honest the only real improvement i've seen from SP1 and this is because I haven't been looking for specific improvements is that it will now read your TODO and HACK tasks from all files in a project instead of just the file open. That particular feature is useful though.