  I was at VSLive! in Toronto last week. So much to talk about, that I'm not even going to attempt to talk about it. Top 3 From VSLive! 1. ASP.net 2.0 2. One Click Deployment 3. New Controls in VS.net 2005 I will be speaking at the next Winnipeg .net User Group on ASP.net 2.0 Some of the new features are just amazing and have to be seen to be fully appreciated.
The amount of code, or lack there off that needs to be created now is insane. One of the coolest features is the out of the box personalization and security aspects. At first I noticed that this worked by leveraging an mdb file... *SCREAM*... however, Microsoft has graciously provided us with SQL scripts to create the supporting database if you would like to use SQL Server instead. Something else that is back from the original days of web development, you no longer need to recompile your web site! That’s right, Notepad is back, and in working with VS.net 2005, it’s goodness! Just load up notepad and make your tweaks if your environment keeps crashing. Anyway... come out to the next user group if you have time! 
