Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
Two days ago, you learned about the great innovations of Visual Studio .NET for designing Windows-based applications. Today, you learn how to extend what you discovered about creating Windows applications and by taking it to the Web. ASP.NET is the Web development platform for .NET. Not to be confused with Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.NET is a major breakthrough in creating robust, scalable, and extensible Web applications. Today, you learn
- What ASP.NET is and how it differs from ASP
- How to use Visual Studio .NET to develop ASP.NET applications
- How to write code-behind for ASP.NET pages
- What server controls are and how they differ from HTML controls
- How to manage session state
- How to use ASP.NET configuration Files