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ASP.NET User Controls (those files with the .ascx extensions) provide a really easy way to encapsulate functionality within an application, and allow it to be re-used across multiple pages and projects (note: for a tutorial on how to create re-usable user control libraries with the VS 2005 Web Application Project check out the C# one here, and the VB one here).

One thing that I thought would be worth spending a few minutes writing about is the built-in MSBuild support provided with the VS 2005 Web Application Project Model option.

ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005 add a bunch of features that make localizing ASP.NET applications much easier.

One challange that web designers and developers often wrestle with is an annoying "image flicker" issue that sometimes shows up when using CSS image references.  For example, when using a CSS rule like so:

Scott Mitchell continues to post great ASP.NET content (if you haven't subscribed to his blog then you should!).

David Hayden maintains a really great blog.  He regularly posts about ADO.NET and Data Access, and is someone I'd highly recommend subscribing to.

If you haven't visited it yet, I'd highly recommend taking a look at the new dedicated IIS community site: http://www.iis.net 

JetBrains has recently shipped Resharper 2.0 -- a Visual Studio add-in that provides a rich set of developer productivity features for C# and ASP.NET developers (including richer refactoring support, ASP.NET code assistance, unit testing integration, Nant and MSBuild script editing, and more).