Programming with ASP.NET

We have very long experience with ASP and ASP.NET. We are working with ASP and ASP.NET on several projects for a very long time. In this section we provide a brief overview of this platform.

ASP.NET is a new and powerful technology for writing dynamic web pages. It's a convergence of two major Microsoft technologies', Active Server Pages (ASP) and .NET. ASP is a relative old-timer on the web computing circuit and has provided a sturdy, fast, and effective way of creative dynamic web pages from the mid-nineties. .NET is the new kid on the block and is a whole suite of technologies designed by Microsoft with the aim of revolutionizing the way in which all programming development is conducted in the future and the way companies carry out business. Therefore, as a conjunction of the two, ASP.NET is a way of creating dynamic web pages while making use of the innovations present in .NET.

The first great thing to note about ASP.NET is that you don't need to know anything about ASP to get started. All you need is a little bit of HTML knowledge for building your own web pages. ASP.NET is a more powerful technology than its older namesake, not only can it produce dynamic web pages, but it can tailor them to the browser you are using. Better still, it comes complete with a wide range of predefined controls ready for you to use in your own projects, saving you time, and making you more productive.

So, what can you do with ASP.NET? It'd probably be quicker to list what you can't. One of the most eye-catching new innovations is the way you can create your applications, so you can write them in VB.NET, Jscript, C# (a Java-like language from Microsoft on .NET platform), or even a combination of them all - you'll choose the best language for the job, or whichever language compliments your skills best.

Within your applications ASP.NET allows you to customize pages for a particular user, keep track of user's details as they move through a website and store information about them in a database of self- describing XML file. You can alter the layout of pages at the click of a button, add and remove files from your machines (if you have the appropriate permissions) and even draw on the logic of other applications without having to download them first.