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ASP.NET is
Microsoft's suite of software products used by programmers to
build web applications and web services.
ASP stands for Active Server Pages. Microsoft's Internet Information
Services (IIS) executes applications written in ASP.Net.
ASP.Net was introduced in 2002 as a replacement for
the original ASP. ASP continues to exist and is now generally
referred to as
classic
ASP. It is fast, trouble free and technologically stagnant. Whether
ASP.Net is "better" than PHP, Java and all the other contenders is the
current
"religious war" in the IT community. It will take far smarter people
than I to determine if ASP.Net is the best.
It is a significant product backed up by a
big time company with a real stake in keeping it current. The client
side additions in ASP.Net 2.0 prove that Microsoft is committed and
trying. Once they saw how important AJAX was they responded quickly and
effectively and they have continued to develop this technology.
All the other issues regarding security, efficiency, openness, etc. are
seemingly open to debate with neither side able to land a haymaker. If
you like Open Source you can opt
for PHP and the MySQL database. Sun's Java system has been developed
extensively and along with Oracle database has extensive corporate
acceptance. They look like good products although I
like ASP.Net and MS SQL better. I realize some of my bias is based on
timing. I was using stored procedures and views way before MySQL
4.0 was even a thought.
Within the ASP.Net community there are more "religious wars" if you are
so inclined. Purists seem to like C# programming language.
Microsoft leans toward Visual Basic. ASP.Net's Common Language Runtime reduces this to an argument over syntax. I don't
care about languages one whit if they can do the basics. (Basics
include sequential processing, loops, branching, recursion,
inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism).
Purists will argue for strong typing and a few other exotica. I
lean toward the language supported by a good development environment
that produces the most readable code. If a few zillion programmers use
that language with a certain degree of expertise better yet.
Right now
I'd say VB has a slight lead but C# has its following among the
professional elite. I get a bit concerned about the readibility of C
variants because of their compactness. But there is a lot of
incomprehensible VB out there too. I'd also note that just like a
picture can be worth a thousand words, one good line of code can
be better than a thousand comments. And a well designed user interface is worth much more than a 1,000 page User's Manual.
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The Internet
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Consencis Framework
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Microsoft .Net Initiative
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