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The Microsoft ASP.NET Futures July 2007 (“Futures”) release contains an early developer preview of features providing a wide range of new functionality for both ASP.NET, Dynamic Languages and Microsoft Silverlight^TM. The functionality in the Futures release includes early experimental versions of features currently being considered for future versions of ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. The Futures releases assume some prior knowledge of:

• The core features of ASP.NET.
• The previous ASP.NET AJAX Futures January CTP release.
• The previous the ASP.NET Futures May 2007 release.

This content, which includes documentation tutorials, samples, and Webcast videos, helps you get started with the newest features and latest enhancements available in this release.

• ASP.NET AJAX. 
  1. ASP.NET AJAX Futures January CTP: ASP.NET AJAX lets you enhance your ASP.NET Web applications with rich, responsive UI features and asynchronous postbacks. It includes an extensive JavaScript library and integrated server-based support.
  2. Futures (May 2007): CSS selector APIs, navigation history support (Back button support), and information on accessing "Astoria" Web data services.
  3. Futures (July 2007): CSS selector APIs modified for W3C recommendations. History support now includes title definition, Safari support and hashing of server data.
  
  
• ASP.NET and Silverlight. 
  1. Futures (May 2007): Introduces support for Silverlight, which enables you to include media (video, audio) and XAML by using familiar and powerful ASP.NET server controls.
  2. Futures (July 2007): Further enhances the Media and Xaml controls and their client 'types' to enhance scenarios and reduce client script size.
  
  
• Dynamic Data Controls for ASP.NET. 
  1. Futures (May 2007): Introduces a set of data controls that provide a simple, intuitive user interface for data-driven Web pages. The controls obtain database schema information at run time, which provides ease of use and flexible development. They support standard database operations by default and enable you to customize how data is displayed and updated.
  
  
• ASP.NET Application Services. 
  1. Futures (May 2007): Introduces new application services to make AJAX and Silverlight Web applications more discoverable from search engines and easily searchable from within the site. Additional services help you gather and analyze data about client errors.
  
  
• ASP.NET and Dynamic Languages. 
  1. Futures (May 2007): ASP.NET for Dynamic Languages is built on the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR), an integration layer for dynamic languages. This release includes support for two languages that are hosted on the DLR, IronPython and Managed JScript.
  
  

Each section includes a brief commentary of features that were defined in the previous releases, and a "What's New" topic that explains what has been added in this latest release.