What are the new features?
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ASP.NET Dynamic Data
ASP.NET Dynamic Data helps you quickly build a fully customizable, data-driven application without
writing code. Dynamic Data provides a rich scaffolding framework that is easily extensible by
using the traditional ASP.NET programming model. For more information, visit the
ASP.NET Dynamic Data section on this site.
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ASP.NET AJAX browser history
ASP.NET AJAX history provides support for navigating within an AJAX application by using the Forward and Back buttons in the browser.
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ASP.NET AJAX script combining
The ASP.NET AJAX script combining feature improves the performance of AJAX applications by reducing the number of scripts that have to be individually downloaded to the browser.
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ADO.NET Data Services
ADO.NET Data Services provide new services that find, manipulate and deliver data over the web using
simple URIs. Benefits include an easy and flexible way to access data over the web, while enabling
the separation of presentation and data access code.
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ADO.NET Entity Framework
ADO.NET Entity Framework is a new modeling framework that enables developers to define a conceptual
model of a database schema that closely aligns to a real world view of the information. Benefits
include easier to understand and easier to maintain application code that is shielded from underlying
database schema changes.
See the readme for more information about how to use these features in existing ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX applications, and about how to work with these features in applications that were created with the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions December 2007 CTP release.