DevX: ASP.NET Development Through Web Controls and Declarative Programming

I believe that most of the applications (software systems) have several common elements, or, at least, you should be able to identify common components customized across applications, no matter what the application is about. These common components can be constantly improved and new features added to them, so they become available and usable in more and more situations. I believe that new / future Development Environments will gain a lot if they will address components / controls / objects with the proper attention.
Here's an article on .Net Components and the future in this area. Very detailed article.

http://www.devx.com/codemag/Article/27817/0/page/1