Asp.net 2.0 Codename Whidbey

Like all the .NET developers I am also eagerly waiting for the Asp.net 2.0 . I read on msdn about some of the new features of Whidbey like:

1. Master Pages: You can create a master page and that page will be used as a template for the other pages. So, you can have copyright information and images in the master pages and all other pages will have the same.

2) Profile class: Profile class is like a session object with one exception that if persists at the application level. You can store string, int and also object types in the Profile class. Mainly its used to keep information of a single user in his profile.

3) Skins: Skins will make it easier for developers to change the appearance of the server controls on the page.

4) New Controls: I have heard that there will be 40 new controls added to the toolbox.

This is pretty cool and I can hardly wait for its release !