I have been a long time DNN fan, have written a basic module or two and some small scale ASP.NET web applications.

What I am interested in is possibly creating a new project combining the best available RAD tools like DNN for user/group security of a portal, VS2008 Dynamic Data with Linq to SQL of a relational database auto creating all dynamic CRUD DAL with fully customizable page templates and custom code, as well as possibly Visual WebGUI to speed up development time for the user interface possibly.

I am finding that the AJAX UI of the Dynamic data is sufficient, but I am willing to combine all three if there is a practical way to do so.

I am not aware of a secure way to IFRAME in an application like Dynamic Data into DNN and not sure how this might work in a module.

One interesting module I found, dynamically creates a module for any ASP.NET control with or without a DLL.  Open-SmartModule:

http://www.xepient.com/opendnn.aspx#opensmartmodule

Comments or ideas how to best make a true RAD solution work when you are starting with a relational database like Northwind, and want to RAD develop into a full blown portal web application?

Thanks,

Rob