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