ASP.NET Improves Development of Web Applications

Microsoft’s ASP.NET constitutes a major change to the Active Server Page (ASP) model, making it significantly easier for developers to create not only dynamic Web content but also intricate and reliable Web applications, such as XML Web services. ASP.NET is a critical piece of the infrastructure for Microsoft’s .NET platform; in order for Microsoft’s .NET vision to succeed, it must convince developers to adopt the .NET Framework and ASP.NET. While beta testers of ASP.NET report substantial benefits, developers will have to address differences in the programming model and language support to convert from ASP to ASP.NET.

What Is ASP.NET?

ASP.NET is the .NET Framework-based platform for developing Web applications that are hosted on Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) and use Internet protocols such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). ASP.NET facilitates the development and deployment of two kinds of Web applications:

• Web Form applications