5th February 2008

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In the second part of the article series about ASP.NET MVC Framework, Keyvan adds controllers to his blogging engine in order to describe how to use controllers in ASP.NET MVC and discusses some details related to controllers. He first discusses the concept of URL routing patterns and then explores the anatomy of a controller class. Finally, he examines how to implement the controllers in his sample blog application.

http://aspalliance.com/1559_Building_a_Simple_Blog_Engine_with_ASPNET_MVC_and_LINQ__Part_2

Editor's Comments

For those of you eagerly awaiting Window Server 2008 (formerly Longhorn), especially you ASP.NET types salivating over IIS7, the wait is nearly over. Yesterday Microsoft announced that it has released Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 to manufacturing.

When Can I Get It?

That would seem to be the driving question. What does Released To Manufacturing (RTM) mean, anyway? Well, essentially it means it's done and it's in the "pipeline" to get into your eager little hands. However, even though this is software and not, say, XBox consoles, it still takes some time to print CDs and boxes, put little licensing stickers with holograms and retina scanners on everything, and "prop" bits up onto various servers for partners and subscribers to get access to. Essentially, when you can get the releases depends on who you are and which things you're looking for. The schedule breaks down thusly:

Yesterday (4 Feb 2008): Win2K8 Server and Vista SP1 Available to OEMs and on MSDN/TechNet

1 March 2008: Win2k8 Server and Vista SP1 Volume Licensing becomes available

19 March 2008: Windows Server 2008 available via Retail Channels.

Windows Server 2008 will include IIS7 as well as PowerShell and a host of other new features and improvements (those two just happen to be my favorites).

Vista SP1 includes a ton of bug fixes and hardware interoperability/driver improvements. I can't wait! Also note that this is the first time ever that English and non-English languages have all been available for the same RTM date (usually non-English languages lag behind and ship some time after).

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