• An ASP file is same as an HTML file
• An ASP file can contain HTML,text,scripts, and XML
• In an ASP file,scripts are executed on the server
• An ASP file has file extension ".asp"

• When a browser requests an HTML file, the server returns the corresponding file
• IIS passes the request to the ASP engine on the server,when a browser requests an ASP file.
• The ASP engine executes the scripts in the file and reads the file, line by line.
• Finally, the ASP file is returned to the browser in the form of plain HTML page.

It would help to have a basic understanding of Microsoft's ASP technology,before you study ASP .NET.

If you want to learn more about ASP, you can study our ASP tutorial.

• ASP+ is same as ASP.NET.



• When they developed ASP.NET,ASP+ is just an early name used by Microsoft.

1. For the Microsoft .NET platform,the .NET Framework is the infrastructure .



2. For building, deploying, and running Web applications and Web Services,the .NET Framework is an environment.



3. The .NET Framework contains common class libraries - like ADO.NET, ASP.NET and Windows Forms - to provide advanced standard services that can be integrated into a variety of computer systems and a common language runtime.
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5. The .NET Framework provides an easy integration between a number of different development languagesa feature-rich application environment, simplified development and .



6. The .NET Framework is language neutral and Currently it supports C++, C#, Visual Basic, and JScript (Microsoft's version of JavaScript).



7. For the .NET Framework,Microsoft's Visual Studio.NET is a common development environment.

1.Improving Development productivity by reducing the lines of code to be written by 70% and also most of the frequently required code is now available out of the box.

2.To connect to new devices that may emerge in the future ,ASP.NET is making easier to use with existing devices like Web browsers, PDAs, Cell phones and so on with a potential.

3. Increasing scalability and performance for developing fast web applications platforms by providing facilities such as caching.

4. Simplifying the management and administration of web applications

5.For Internet Service providers,it Provides enhanced hosting opportunities

6.It ensures 100% backward compatibility.

The team split the process of enhancement into three different parts:--Application services, Page effects and Rich controls. They focused on each of these parts to come up with an application development platform that is extremely and exciting developer friendly.