ASP Concepts

1. What is Classic ASP?
   Microsoft's previous server side scripting technology ASP (Active Server Pages) is now often called classic ASP.
   ASP 3.0 was the last version of the classic ASP.
2. ASP.NET is Not ASP?
   ASP.NET is the next generation ASP, but it's not an upgraded version of ASP.
   ASP.NET is an entirely new technology for server-side scripting. It was written from the ground up and is not backward compatible with classic ASP.
3. What is ASP.NET?
   ASP.NET is a server side scripting technology that enables scripts (embedded in web pages) to be executed by an Internet server.
   ASP.NET is a Microsoft Technology
   ASP stands for Active Server Pages
   ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS
   IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's Internet server
   IIS comes as a free component with Windows servers
   IIS is also a part of Windows 2000 and XP Professional
4. What is an ASP.NET File?
   An ASP.NET file is just the same as an HTML file
   An ASP.NET file can contain HTML, XML, and scripts
   Scripts in an ASP.NET file are executed on the server
   An ASP.NET file has the file extension ".aspx"
5. How Does ASP.NET Work?
   When a browser requests an HTML file, the server returns the file
   When a browser requests an ASP.NET file, IIS passes the request to the ASP.NET engine on the server
   The ASP.NET engine reads the file, line by line, and executes the scripts in the file
   Finally, the ASP.NET file is returned to the browser as plain HTML
6. The Microsoft .NET Framework:
   The .NET Framework is the infrastructure for the Microsoft .NET platform.
   The .NET Framework is an environment for building, deploying, and running Web applications and Web Services.
   Microsoft's first server technology ASP (Active Server Pages), was a powerful and flexible "programming language". But it was too code oriented. It was not an application framework and not an enterprise development tool.
   The Microsoft .NET Framework was developed to solve this problem.
   .NET Frameworks keywords:
   Easier and quicker programming
   Reduced amount of code
   Declarative programming model
   Richer server control hierarchy with events
   Larger class library
   Better support for development tools
7. The .NET Framework consists of 3 main parts:
   Programming languages:
   C# (Pronounced C sharp)
   Visual Basic (VB .NET)
   J# (Pronounced J sharp)
   Server technologies and client technologies:
   ASP .NET (Active Server Pages)
   Windows Forms (Windows desktop solutions)
   Compact Framework (PDA / Mobile solutions)
   Development environments:
   Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET)
   Visual Web Developer

ASP Concepts

• ASP.NET is the latest version of Microsoft's Active Server Pages technology (ASP).
• ASP.NET is a part of the Microsoft .NET framework, and a powerful tool for creating dynamic and interactive web pages