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Summary

This chapter has provided you with a quick tour of the features of ASP.NET 2.0. Specifically, this chapter

discussed the number of new productivity enhancements of ASP.NET 2.0 that are exciting for the devel-

opers. In addition, this chapter has also discussed the configuration and management of ASP.NET web

applications, as well as the performance improvement features. Apart from the features discussed so far,

ASP.NET 2.0 also provides the following features:

❑ ASP.NET 2.0 is 64-bit enabled.

❑ ASP.NET 2.0 is almost completely backward compatible with ASP.NET 1.0 and ASP.NET 1.1.

❑ You can also define a single class in multiple files, and at runtime they will be compiled together

to create a single assembly.

Now that you have had a quick tour of ASP.NET 2.0, the next chapter focuses on the features of

ADO.NET 2.0.

Chapter 1: Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0

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