In case you have not heard by now, this past Monday, Soma announced the official release of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 framework.  There are some great new features in this release including LINQ, the integration of the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions directly into the framework, great new CSS tools and a whole new ASP.NET design surface with split view.  ScottGu has a more complete list of new ASP.NET specific features…

With 2008 right around the corner I am putting together my travel plans, part of which includes visits to developers, designers, architects and CTO's who's challenges include building web-based applications.  If you are a user of ASP.NET user interface controls (Infragistics or any others) and have an hour to spare some time next year, then I would love to come talk to you about the problems you face in developing…

This past Tuesday morning we released the first public CTP of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET Aikido, a project that has consumed a significant portion of my life for the past 6 months.  The CTP represents the introduction of a new series of controls based on our new Aikido framework, which is the first significant re-architecture of the product since its inception over 7 years ago.  The new framework is designed from the ground…