====== ASP.Net Notes ======

===== What is ASP.NET? =====
  * ASP.NET is the next generation ASP, but it's not an upgraded version of ASP.
  * ASP.NET is an entirely new technology for server-side scripting. It was written from the ground up and is not backward compatible with classic ASP.
  * ASP.NET is the major part of the Microsoft's .NET Framework.
  * ASP.NET is a server side scripting technology that enables scripts (embedded in web pages) to be executed by an Internet server.
  * ASP.NET is a Microsoft Technology
  * ASP stands for Active Server Pages
  * ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS
  * IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's Internet server
  * IIS comes as a free component with Windows servers
  * IIS is also a part of Windows 2000 and XP Professional

===== What is an ASP.NET File? =====
  * An ASP.NET file is just the same as an HTML file
  * An ASP.NET file can contain HTML, XML, and scripts
  * Scripts in an ASP.NET file are executed on the server
  * An ASP.NET file has the file extension ".aspx"

===== How Does ASP.NET Work? =====
  * When a browser requests an HTML file, the server returns the file
  * When a browser requests an ASP.NET file, IIS passes the request to the ASP.NET engine on the server
  * The ASP.NET engine reads the file, line by line, and executes the scripts in the file
  * Finally, the ASP.NET file is returned to the browser as plain HTML

===== Key Points =====
  * you cannot use more than one language in a single ASP.NET page

===== External Links =====
  * [[http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9k6k3k4a.aspx|ASP.NET Reference]]