Summary

This chapter has provided you with an introduction and a thorough overview of the ASP.NET URL routing engine and how to use it. It provides flexibility and power for developers, user-friendly URLs, and even a URL syntax that can provide added value and additional information to search engine crawlers. All this adds up to a powerful system that can make your website more powerful and easier to use by humans and computers alike.

If you’re like us, at this point after having discovered the new routing engine, you’re probably wondering where this tool has been all your life. Our exercise for you now is to go forth and create route maps and websites with friendly, easy-to-use URL syntax.

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