While attempting to port Partuza over to .NET, I decided to take this opportunity to find out what all the fuss about ASP .NET MVC is. For those who have been living under a rock (or for some under coconut shell!) like me and hasn't heard about ASP .NET MVC or had time to look into it, then the following links will help bring you up to speed on what I'm talking about

• Brief introduction and summary to ASP .NET 3.5 MVC
• A bunch of video tutorials on ASP .NET MVC
• A bunch of tutorials on ASP .NET MVC

You can download the MVC Preview here and the example MVC Storefront project here. This example project requires SQL Server 2008. Good grief! But that's another story...

For those wondering how Ajax (not the bloated UpdatePanels) would work under ASP .NET MVC. The following may be of some interest

• Partial Rendering and view engines in ASP .NET MVC
• Ajax and validation using jQuery