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| ASP.NET is a set of technologies in the .NET Framework for building Web applications and Web services that execute on the server and generate markup that is sent to a client browser. ASP.NET Web services files contain server-side logic written in Common Language Runtime languages. |
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| How do you install ASP.NET? |
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| ASP.NET is provided as part of the .NET Framework SDK, which is a collection of all the technologies necessary to create, build, and test .NET Framework-based applications. 111MB. Of course, Visual Studio will also enable ASP.NET, or installing IIS with ASP.NET on Server 2003 will install it. |
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| Are ASP and ASP.NET compatible? |
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| The files extensions used by ASP and ASP.NET are different and do not override each other. They can compliment one another. |
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| What is the .NET Framework? |
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| The .NET Framework is an environment for building, deploying, and running applications, specifically Web Services. |
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| What are the three main components of the .NET Framework? |
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1. The Common Language Runtime
2. The Framework Classes
3. ASP.NET |
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| How is .NET like mainframe systems of the past? |
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| The .NET Framework is not unlike the mainframe green-screens from the past- a single computer, the Web server (like a mainframe) processes all the information, controls access, and delivers it to the client via the Web browser (the equivalent of a dumb terminal in the past, aside from having extra capabilities like Java applets. |
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| What are some possible drawbacks of the .NET Framework regarding Web-based applications? |
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| The .NET Framework by design is server-centric; this causes the user to have little control over the application and also makes it difficult for websites to communicate with one another. |
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| Describe "software as a service." |
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| This means that the user picks the Web applications they need (like Hotmail) and clients only pay for what they install or what you need. The server is responsible for the applications, and developers are able to track what features are most popular and put resources into them. Think of Paypal and eBay, and the way the different pieces of software work together. |
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| What are the 5 main benefits of ASP.NET? |
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1. Language independence- uses CLR (C#, VB.NET, JScript)
2. Improved tool support- it is component based and event driven like VB
3. Separation of code and content- allowsdevelopers to keep code of pages separate from formatting of pages
4. Simplified deployment- can be deployed using xcopy command
5. Improved scalability- improves "session state" |
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