At the time of writing the exact feature set of VWDEE wasn't finalized but with the release of Beta 1 this has been set. The differences between Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Web Developer are:

• Source Code Control Support. While you can use the standalone VSS tools they don't integrate directly into VWD.
• Class Library Project Support. You can build classes with VWD, but from the IDE you can't build them into standalone assemblies.
• Web Compilation Support. While you get intellisense and compilation checking at F5/Ctlr-F5, you cannot pre-compile sites for deployment without source files.
• Modile Web Support. There is no WYSIWYG support for mobile controls.
• Accessibility Checker. ASP.NET will emit 508/ECAG markup, but VWD doesn't include the built-in accessibility checker for the IDE.
• Localisation Support. ASP.NET provides runtime support for localization, but VWD doesn't provide IDE support for resource stripping to easily localize sites.
• Unit Testing Support. Both class and web project unit testing are only supported in Visual Studio 2005.
• Class Designer. This is only available in Visual Studio 2005.
• Web Load Testing. This is only available in Visual Studio 2005.
• Remote Debugging. This is only available in Visual Studio 2005.

When discussing the DetailsView control there are several late breaking changes:

• Listing 4.25 shows the UpdateCommand and DeleteCommand properties of the SqlDataSource control. For these to work correctly the parameter @ShipperID should be @original_ShipperID. Additionally there should be parameters for the insert, update and delete commands. These are generated correctly if using Visual Web Developer or Visual Studio and the downloadable samples have the correct code.
• The above applies to the FormView control as well.
• Listing 4.26 shows the AutoGenerateCancelButton property, which has been removed.

The chapter mentions the Bindings property as a container for elements to allow binding nodes to the underlying data source. This collection is now called DataBindings.

When discussing Web Resources, the GetWebResourceUrl has changed. There are now two parameters: the first is the type and the second the name of the resource.

Table 10.1 shows the new controls and their properties. For the HtmlInputReset control, the ServerClick has been removed.