I'm happy to announce that today we are officially launching http://beta.asp.net/ , the new online community portal for ASP.NET 2.0 Beta and Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition. This is an extension of the current www.asp.net site completely focused...

Bob Tabor over at LearnvVisualStudio.net built out a great introductory video series to get people up to speed using Visual Web Developer Express and ASP.NET 2.0 to build web sites. The content starts at the very basics and gets more advanced. The first...

ScottGu gives the low-down on changes to ASP.NET 2.0 between B2-->RTM to help further improve compatibilty and upgrade. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/05/11/406515.aspx

I know we are a little late to the game, but now on the ASP.NET Developer Center you can find a slowly growing list of all the folks on the Web Platform and Tools team that are blogging. Check it out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/community/blogs...

Want some great examples on how to use the GridView? Looking for weird customizations or how to accomplish certain tasks? We just posted a brand new article called GridView Examples for ASP.NET 2.0 . Samples are provided in both VB and C#... Below are...

If the Introduction to the Personal Web Site Starter Kit white paper wasn't enough for you -- we have a new one -- Extending the Personal Web Site Starter Kit -- a great way to learn how to customize the kit -- more than just an overview. These types...

I posted about Master Page tempaltes awhile back and they are almost complete -- except for now, they aren't master pages. They are going to be RAW HTML templates, in both table and full CSS format that can be easily converted and used as Master Pages...

Have you built a site using ASP.NET 2.0? Did you use a Starter Kit? Is it hosted online? Well if you have, I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT -- I want to see it. I'm working on highlighting sites that people have built using 2.0 and ultimately highlighting individuals...