ASP.NET

ASP.NET is the next evolution of ASP (Active Server Pages). ASP.NET is a framework for creating applications that reside on a Web server and that are run from within a client browser. ASP.NET enables you to program Web-based client-server applications using tools and methodologies much like those used to create traditional applications.

ASP.NET solutions execute on a Web server running Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). Therefore, to create ASP.NET solutions, you'll need to have some knowledge of IIS.

In a nutshell, ASP.NET is used to dynamically generate Web pages by serving up Web Forms (discussed shortly). For example, you may create an e-commerce site where a user may choose to view all products by category. Using ASP.NET, ...

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