ASP.NET Tutorial

ASP(Active Server Page) .NET is a web application framework powered by Microsoft to build dynamic websites. ASP .NET allows programmers to use C# or VB.NET as a programming language for web development. ASP .NET provides futuristic functionalities and separate logic from the content of the website. Both ASP and ASP.NET are server-side technologies. ASP or ASP.NET works on simple logics whenever a browser requests a page from ASP.NET server, it executes the code in a file and returns the result back to the browser. ASP.NET is designed and developed by Microsoft. It was released in January 2002. ASP.NET provides three different styles of development

Web forms.
ASP.NET MVC.
ASP.NET web pages.

Need of ASP.NET

ASP.NET is a proven framework for web application development and supported by Microsoft. Anyone who wants to proceed with a career in web application development can learn ASP.NET.
ASP.NET provides increased performance with reduced code and faster development speed with an optimized caching mechanism and native environment.
Database and other 3rd party configurations are easy to integrate with ASP.NET
High security with windows built-in authentication service.
Regular updates by Microsoft that keeps the framework up to date with the latest technology.
It allows you to choose from various languages that better for your application.
It has a Just In Time compiler which dramatically improves the performance of the framework.
It's built on CLR (Common Language Runtime) and gives the ability to developers to write code in any language.
In the current world where we need less development time and focus on business, ASP.NET can be very handy.

Applications

ASP.NET can be a very handy framework for developing high availability, reliability and up to date technology web applications.
Any web application can be developed with ASP.NET with C# or either VB.
It can be connected with multiple databases.
We can create from a simple Blog website to an enterprise-level E-Commerce website.
Some great examples of ASP.NET websites are - StackOverflow, GoDaddy and many more.
Many enterprise-level softwares have been built with the ASP.NET framework.
You can even develop a mail server with ASP.NET. The prototyping is fast and easy in ASP.NET as compared to other technologies.

Prerequisites

Before starting to learn ASP.NET with this tutorial you should have some basic knowledge about web servers like:-

Understanding of .NET programming language.
Understanding of web framework how it works and its life cycle.
Understanding of web technologies like CSS, HTML, AJAX, DOM, JavaScript, etc.
Basic understanding of Operating system windows.

Target Audience

This tutorial is for those who are beginners with ASP.NET and have a minimal understanding of web technologies like HTML, AJAX, CSS, DOM, etc. People who want to start their career with ASP.NET programming to build enterprise-level or basic website for their own business or working in some MNC’s. People want to develop a website for their business can also learn ASP.NET and apply their learning to build websites or maintain their already developed website.