ASP DOTNET Introduction

ASP.NET is a server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages. 

It was developed by Microsoftto allow programmers to build dynamic web sites, web applications and web services. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the.NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology.

ASP.NET is built on the Common Language Runtime(CLR), allowing programmers to write ASP.NET code using any supported .NET language. The ASP.NET SOAP extension framework allows ASP.NET components to process SOAP messages.

ASP.NET is a new ASP generation. It is not compatible with Classic ASP, but ASP.NET may include Classic ASP.

ASP.NET pages are compiled, which makes them faster than Classic ASP.

ASP.NET has better language support, a large set of user controls, XML-based components, and integrated user authentication.

ASP.NET pages have the extension .aspx, and are normally written in VB (Visual Basic) or C# (C sharp).

User controls in ASP.NET can be written in different languages, including C++ and Java.

When a browser requests an ASP.NET file, the ASP.NET engine reads the file, compiles and executes the scripts in the file, and returns the result to the browser as plain HTML.