Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 3.5 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit

Chapter 1. Getting Started with ASP.NET 3.5

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In this hour, we will cover

• What is ASP.NET?

• System requirements for using ASP.NET

• Software that must be installed prior to using ASP.NET

• Installing the .NET Framework, Visual Web Developer, and SQL Server 2005

• Taking a quick tour of Visual Web Developer

• Creating a simple ASP.NET web page and viewing it through a web browser

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ASP.NET is an exciting web programming technology pioneered by Microsoft that allows developers to create dynamic web pages. Dynamic web pages are pages whose content is dynamically regenerated each time the web page is requested. For example, after you log on, the front page of Amazon.com shows books it recommends for you, based on your previous purchases. ...