Microsoft’s ASP .NET (Active Server Pages .NET) is a server side scripting technology for building online applications and dynamic websites. ASP .NET consists of the advanced features of Microsoft’s .NET framework. So, it is widely regarded among dynamic website designers and web application developers. ASP .NET files have extension name .aspx and support HTML, XML and scripts.
Following are the reasons why ASP .NET is the natural choice for versatile and commercial web application building:
Less Coding: In ASP .NET the dynamic website building and web application development require less coding than other alternative solutions.
Multi-language compatibility: ASP .NET framework lends its support for multiple advanced languages like VB .NET (Visual Basic .NET), C# (pronounced C sharp), J# (pronounced J sharp). Web application developers have freedom to choose any of these languages which may be easy for development or as clients demand these.
Ability to create web forms: ASP .NET can serve to build Windows type User Interfaces (UI). ASP .NET provides two types of controls: HTML controls and web forms controls. Server side web form controls like Label, TextBox, Button, LinkButton, ImageButton, Hyperlink, DropDownList, ListBox, DataGrid, DataList, Repeater, CheckBox, CheckBoxList, RadioButton, RadioButtonList, Image, Panel, PlaceHolder, Calendar, AdRotator, Table, XML, Literal help to make rich internet web forms and innovative online applications.
Security: The data-validation and authentication is well executed under ASP .NET framework. Using .NET inheritance, base classes can be developed which can serve the authentication purpose before displaying the information to a user. You can customize the page information regarding what the current user is entitled to view. If any page’s displayable data is not secure, that information can be secured by content Encoding in ASP .NET framework. ASP .NET does a better performance by early binding and compilation, native optimization and catching facility which decrease security risks.
Uninterrupted processes: All the processes of ASP .NET are put under monitoring system of ASP .NET runtime environment. If any of the processes is found dead, a new process replaces that to make sure that the relevant service is continuously available.
Easy Deployment: The ASP .NET applications are easy to setup and deploy. You can easily install the final application in your target server.
Auto debugging: The IIS (Internet Information Services) is the web application server from Microsoft that runs ASP .NET application environment. If there is any fault or bug in the system like infinite loop, information leaks, system malfunctioning etc. then the web application server tries to fix the error. It shuts down the processes and restarts it.
Data Access: ASP .NET can collaborate with ADO .NET to work with databases. Web database applications and forms are strongly needed in dynamic websites. ADO .NET serves this purpose exactly with the help of ASP .NET framework. You can access, modify, insert, delete records in a database and display records from server to your web browser.
Due to its strong secure framework and interesting application features, ASP .NET is widely regarded as the strong server side control framework and has multiple functionalities for building online web applications and dynamic web pages. Worldwide ASP .NET has gained a steady market due to its mass acceptance among corporate people for providing reliable ecommerce solutions with custom web application development. Upgrade to ASP .NET in the coming years will give us more secure and versatile online applications dominating the web in a smarter way.
