Can you describe your business?
I am a full time Web Developer for a School District (MN) and a freelance Web Developer in my spare time.
Why did you choose ASP.NET 2.0?
I chose ASP.NET for its incredible framework and it's amazing Integrated Development Environment (Visual Studio 2005 and 2008). I also chose ASP.NET for its ease of use in creating multiple web services and the ASP.NET AJAX framework that ties the whole package together.
How did ASP.NET AJAX help you improve your user experience?
I also chose ASP.NET AJAX due to the sheer speed of the asynchronous post-backs and ease of calling ASP.NET web services from custom JavaScript. Speed was a requirement for iBillTo due to the limitations with EDGE network data transfers. I wanted iBillTo to behave much like a native application would and I was very successful in doing so with ASP.NET AJAX.
What was the ASP.NET AJAX development experience like?
One of the features I enjoyed using in the ASP.NET AJAX framework was the impressive JavaScript to Web Services communication layer. ASP.NET AJAX made it really easy to send and receive data behind the scenes without a lot of the overhead. Being able to have a JavaScript object return from the Web Service without having any additional code was amazing.
What other Microsoft technologies does your site use?
iBillTo uses a lot of Microsoft products. Visual Studio 2005/2008, Windows Server 2003, IIS 6 and SQL Server 2005. Everything works great together.
Anything else you want to add?
I just want to say that I regularly visit http://www.asp.net and enjoy being able to find answers to my questions and keep myself up-to-date with the latest ASP.NET news.