ASP.NET Features Review

Introducing ASP.NET


Create dynamic web pages by using server side scripting like ASP (Active Server Page). It has introduced by Microsoft Corporation


ASP.NET is more than the next version of Active Server Page (ASP). ASP.NET is a standard html file that contains embedded server side scripts.


You able to access information from data sources, such as back-end database and text files that are stored on a web server or a computer that is accessible to web server.


You able to use a set of programming code called templates to create an html documents. It is an advantage of using template is that you can dynamically insert content retrieved from data sources, such as back-end database and text files, into an html document before the html documents is displayed to the users.


Features of ASP.NET 1.0 Version


It is an entirely new more modern web development model and each web application consists of web pages.


It is completely object-oriented programming model, which includes event-driven, control-based architectures that encourages code encapsulation and reuse.


It is support code behind .Net languages like Visual Basic, C#, J#, and many other languages that have third party compilers


It is also a platform for building web services, which are reusable business code that other applications can call across platform and computer boundaries.


You can use a web service to do everything from web-enabling desktop application to share data with a Java client running on UNIX System.


In ADO.NET, a fine tuned data access model and flexible data caching to further boost performance


The other features which include enhanced State Management, Practical Data binding, dynamic graphics, and a robust security model


New Features in ASP.NET 2.0 Version


ASP.NET 2.0 is not just about adding new features. It also streamlines performance and simplifies configuration with a new tool called WAT (Website Administration Tool).


ASP.NET is a programming framework built on the common language runtime that can be used on a server to build powerful web application. The first version of ASP.NET offered several important advantages over previous web development models.


ASP.NET 2.0 improves upon the foundation by adding support for several new and exciting features in the areas of development productivity, administration and management, extensibility, and performance.


How to easily build development productivity of new feature controls


New Server Controls
Data Controls
Navigation Controls
Login Controls
Web Part Controls
Master Pages
Themes and Skins
Personalization
Localization


How to monitor Administration and Management


Configuration API
ASP.NET MMC Admin Tool
Pre-compilation Tool
Health Monitoring and Tracing


How to build customize control and flexible extensibility


Provider-driven Application Services
Server Control Extensibility
Data Source Controls
Compilation Build Providers
Expression Builders


How to build performance and scalability


64-Bit Support
Caching Improvements