ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Chapter 1. Overview of the ASP.NET Framework

In This Chapter

• ASP.NET and the .NET Framework

• Understanding ASP.NET Controls

• Understanding ASP.NET Pages

• Installing ASP.NET

• Summary

Let’s start by building a simple ASP.NET page.

Note

For information on installing ASP.NET, see the last section of this chapter.

If you use Visual Web Developer or Visual Studio, you first need to create a new website. Start Visual Web Developer and select File, New Web Site. The New Web Site dialog box appears (see Figure 1.1). Enter the folder in which you want your new website to be created (such as “Chapter1”) in the Location field and click the OK button.

Figure 1.1. Creating a new website.

Note

When you create a new website, you might receive ...