No, please, make it stop, don't make me go back, I don't want to go back...I'll never go back...ok, fine, I'll go back...for now...but I won't like it...

Well, if you haven't stated these words, or thought them, or something like them, you will...believe me. Once you get your hands on ASP.NET Beta 2, it is next to impossible to look at 1.1 again without holding back tears of pain. It's like buying a killer new outfit...you want to wear it right away, not hang it in the closet for later! Yeah, you know what I mean.

Unfortunately, there are plenty of companies out there that are not ready to embrace Beta 2 as their current development platform for new applications. Nor are they prepared to migrate all 1.1 applications just because 2.0 is cool. It's called a business decision...companies don't make money by converting code to new platforms just because. Migration and platform upgrades require planning.

So, the question is, how can ASP.NET developers lessen the pain of returning to 1.1, and better prepare to migrate their code to 2.0? Well I just happen to be updating one of my migration speeches these next few weeks, in preparation for the SDC conference I present at each May in The Netherlands. So, I'll be posting some blogs on the subject, based on the following core topics:

• Master Pages
• Navigation Controls
• Data Controls and Binding
• Security Controls and Membership API
• Configuration
• Caching
• Localization
• Personalization
• Deployment

Have any other hot points to add to the list? Let me know! Otherwise, watch for the migration blogs forthcoming...