ASP Dot Net Features

ASP.NET is a feature-rich web development framework developed by Microsoft that allows developers to build dynamic web applications and services using .NET technology. Some of the key features of ASP.NET include:

Server-Side Programming Model – ASP.NET provides a server-side programming model that allows developers to create dynamic web pages using a wide range of programming languages, including C#, Visual Basic, and F#.

Object-Oriented Programming – ASP.NET supports object-oriented programming (OOP) principles, enabling developers to create reusable and maintainable code.

Web Forms – ASP.NET includes Web Forms, a powerful and flexible user interface framework that allows developers to create rich and interactive web pages using server-side controls.

MVC Framework – ASP.NET includes a Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework that provides a clean separation of concerns and enables developers to create scalable and maintainable web applications.

Web Services – ASP.NET includes support for creating and consuming web services, which enable developers to build interoperable and distributed applications.

AJAX Support – ASP.NET includes built-in support for AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), enabling developers to create fast and responsive web applications.

Authentication and Authorization – ASP.NET provides robust authentication and authorization mechanisms that enable developers to secure their web applications and services.

Rich Controls – ASP.NET includes a rich set of server-side controls that enable developers to build complex and interactive web applications with ease. Performance and Scalability – ASP.NET is designed for performance and scalability, enabling developers to build applications that can handle high traffic volumes and large data sets.

ASP.NET introduces two major features: Web Forms and Web Services.

Client vs server script

Developers not familiar with Web development can spend a great deal of time, for example, figuring out how to validate the e-mail address on a form. You can validate the information on a form by using a client-side script or a server-side script. Deciding which kind of script to use is complicated by the fact that each approach has its benefits and drawbacks, some of which aren’t apparent unless you’ve done substantial design work. If you validate the form on the client by using client-side JScript code, you need to take into consideration the browser that your users may use to access the form. Not all browsers expose exactly the same representation of the document to programmatic interfaces. If you validate the form on the server, you need to be aware of the load that users might place on the server. The server has to validate the data and send the result back to the client.

Web Forms

Web Forms simplify Web development to the point that it becomes as easy as dragging and dropping controls onto a designer to design interactive Web applications that span from client to server. ASP.NET Web Forms lets you build dynamic websites using a familiar drag-and-drop, event-driven model. A design surface and hundreds of controls and components let you rapidly build sophisticated, powerful UI-driven sites with data access.

Web Services

A Web service is an application that exposes a programmatic interface through standard access methods. Web Services are designed to be used by other applications and components and are not intended to be useful directly to human end users. Web Services make it easy to build applications that integrate features from remote sources. For example, you can write a Web Service that provides weather information for subscribers of your service instead of having subscribers link to a page or parse through a file they download from your site. Clients can simply call a method on your Web Service as if they are calling a method on a component installed on their system — and have the weather information available in an easy-to-use format that they can integrate into their own applications or Web sites with no trouble.