ASP.Net Introduction

What is ASP.Net?

ASP.NET is a development framework for building web pages and web sites with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and server scripting.

ASP.NET is an open source server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages. It was developed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic web sites, web applications and web services.

The ASP.NET application codes can be written in any of the following languages:

• C#
• Visual Basic.Net
• Jscript
• J#
  
  1. ASP.NET is a subset of .NET framework. In simple terms a framework is a collection of classes. 2. ASP.NET is the successor to classic ASP (Active Server Pages).
  
  
  What is a Web Application?
  A web application or web app is any software that runs in a web browser. It is created in a browser-supported programming language (such as the combination of JavaScript, HTML and CSS) and relies on a web browser to render the application.
  
  Examples of web browsers include
  1. Microsoft Internet Explorer
  2. Google Chrome
  3. Mozilla FireFox
  4. Apple Safari
  5. Netscape Navigator
  6. Epic
  7. Omni web
  
  What are the benefits of Web applications/Web sites?
  1. Web Applications just need to be installed only on the web server, where as desktop applications need to be installed on every computer, where you want to access them.
  2. Maintenance, support and patches are easier to provide.
  3. Only a browser is required on the client machine to access a web application.
  4. Accessible from anywhere, provided there is internet.
  5. Cross Platform