Sit back and wait for the revolution....

This business is amazing. There have several times that I've worked in one place for a long time using a particular technology. When that contract or job ended, I wondered if my skills have become too outdated to get a new job.

The cool thing about this business is....there's a revolution every few years that puts everyone in the same boat. Regardless of how much you know about a particular system or technology, it will be replaced by something better in very short order.

The reason that I mention this is, the ASP.NET world is in the middle of a revolution now. I feel that I'm late to the party, but I am trying to catch up with it now. To get an idea of what's going on, check out ScottGu's blog about the new MVC framework for ASP.NET. It's changing the whole model for web application development. No postbacks? No Viewstate?

Other suggested reading/viewing: Subsonic a powerful OR/M for .NET technology. You should also check out the soniccasts. He gives some great information about Subsonic, but also about Ruby on Rails which is an MVC framework for web apps that is the inspiration for this movement.

In addition, check out The Castle Project which is a collection of related projects that includes Monorail which is an MVC framework for .NET that has been around for a while.

Much thanks to Tim Knight, one of the most gifted developers I've had the pleasure of working with, who opened my eyes to the revolution.