With the release of the first CTP preview of the "ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions" which included the following features:
- ASP.NET AJAX improvements
- New additions include support for managing browser history.
- ADO.NET Entity Framework
- New modeling framework to better model real world view of information.
- ASP.NET Dynamic Data
- Build a fully customizable, data-driven web site app quickly.
- ADO.NET Data Services
- Provides new services to find, manipulate and deliver data with simply URI's.
- ASP.NET MVC
- MVC (Model, View, Controller) design pattern for the existing 3.5 runtime
- Silverlight Controls for ASP.NET
- Provides new Silverlight controls for use within ASP.NET
Now Scott Guthrie has written a great article on his blog on the ASP.NET Dynamic Data component for the CTP. This feature looks like a great way to get an administration section for a web site up and running really quickly and let you start modifying it to suit your needs once it's complete. I'm sure I'll use this feature in the future.