Conclusion

Visual Studio 2008 is the made-to-measure tool to build ASP.NET applications. Built to integrate the functionality of multiple visual designers in a common container environment, Visual Studio is capable of providing a unique editing experience to Web and Windows developers.

In this chapter, we traversed the main phases of Web application development through Visual Studio 2008—the page design, maintenance, and evolution of a Web project; and the deployment and administration of the final set of pages, files, and assemblies. The goal of this chapter was to provide the details of ASP.NET development with Visual Studio 2008—what's great, what's been improved, what's new, and what you should know. I also spent some time discussing themes ...

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