Muzaffar Iqbal Farooqi
Muzaffar Iqbal Farooqi
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What is ASP.NET?
ASP.Net is a web development platform provided by
Microsoft.
It is used for creating web-based applications.
ASP.Net was first released in the year 2002.
ASP.Net applications can also be written in a variety of
.Net languages.
These include C#, VB.Net, and J#.
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ASP.NET Architecture and its
Components
ASP.Net is a framework which is used to develop a
Web-based application.
The basic architecture of the ASP.Net framework is
as shown below.
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ASP.NET Architecture and its
Components...
Language – A variety of languages exists for .net
framework. Usually VB.net and C#. These can be used to
develop web applications.
Library - The .NET Framework includes a set of standard
class libraries. The most common library used for web
applications in .net is the Web library. The web library has
all the necessary components used to develop .Net web-
based applications.
Common Language Runtime - It's essentially the
runtime environment that manages the execution of .NET
programs. It provides services required for program
execution.
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Characteristics of the ASP.Net
framework
Below are some of the key characteristics of the ASP.Net
framework...
Code Behind Mode
State Management
Caching
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Code Behind Mode
This is the concept of separation of design and code.
By making this separation, it becomes easier to
maintain the ASP.Net application.
The general file type of an ASP.Net file is aspx.
Assume we have a web page called MyPage.aspx.
There will be another file called MyPage.aspx.cs which
would denote the code part of the page.
So Visual Studio creates separate files for each web
page, one for the design part and the other for the
code.
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State Management
ASP.Net has the facility to control state management.
HTTP is known as a stateless protocol.
Let's take an example of a shopping cart application. Now, when a user
decides what he wants to buy from the site, he will press the submit
button.
There are several ways to manage state in ASP.NET…
View State
Session State
Cache
Cookies
etc
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Caching
ASP.Net can implement the concept of Caching.
This improve's the performance of the application.
By caching those pages which are often requested by
the user can be stored in a temporary location.
These pages can be retrieved faster and better responses
can be sent to the user.
So caching can significantly improve the performance
of an application.
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Server-Side Code
What is server-side code?
Software that runs on the
server, not the client
Receives input from
URL parameters
HTML form data
Can access server-side
databases, e-mail servers,
files, mainframes, etc.
Dynamically builds a
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ASP.NET Overview and Features
ASP.NET provides services to allow the creation,
deployment, and execution of
Web Applications and Web Services
Web Applications are built using Web Forms
Web Forms are designed to make building
web-based applications as easy as building Visual
Basic applications
Built on .NET Framework: any .NET programming
language can be used (C#, Visual Basic)
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Web Forms
ASP.NET web pages are called Web forms
Uses a file name extension of .aspx
Contains text, HTML tags, and HTML controls
Also contains Web server controls such as text boxes, list
boxes, and buttons
Web server controls are similar to C# controls
Program logic for a Web form is stored in a related
code behind file with extension aspx.cs
Web Form Controls
Toolbox contains controls for Web forms
Many such as Label and TextBox are closely related to
Windows form controls used in C#
Some like Hyperlink & login control are ASP only
Can connect to data sources similar to C#
Validation and navigation controls provided
There are login controls to authenticate users
Standard HTML controls are also available
Buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, text boxes
But with few properties and no event handling