I'd like to thank the San Diego .Net User Group for thr opportuniy to present WSE 3.0 and Asp .Net 2.0 Web Parts. These are two diverse topics but I had fun presenting them both.

What a lively group! Lot's of questions related to security. Although security happens to me one of my favorite subjects, the group seemed particularly jazzed about Web parts. I can’t say that I blame them. It is the sexier of the two subjects.

I have been saying for a while that I thought that Web parts was going to change how Web projects and pages are designed. The Web part framework is very flexible and permits the developer to design pages that are made up of loosely coupled parts rather that one large monolithic page of content.

I've been seeing this change in the projects on which I have worked. Some of the pages are designed to be customizable by the user. We just supply a catalog of Web parts that the end user can select from. The end user has the flexibility to select from a series of customizable Web parts. From the reaction of my customers, Web parts are a winner.

And the ability to create “connections” between Web parts is truly sweet.

Many of you know that I have been a developer for a VERY long time. It’s 30+ years now. But, I cannot imagine doing anything else. What a great time to be a developer. I absolutely love working with the new technologies and with all of the new products that Microsoft is releasing within the next year, I’m in heaven.

In any case, here is a link to the materials.

Enjoy!