Hot Topics - Reasons To Use ASP.NET
In 2001, Microsoft unveiled its new framework for application development: .NET. In an evolution of its environment, .NET merged the different roads of desktop, web and wireless application development. Code built for a word processing program can now move into an ASP.NET application; connectivity via the Internet can be rigged into programs running on your Windows desktop.
Increased Performance
Most web applications (ColdFusion, PHP, ASP and CGI) are interpreted applications. They run slower than compiled applications and require more server load. The core code in .NET applications is compiled before release; this guarantees improved performance. Customers who have moved from ASP to ASP.NET see decided increases in speed, as much as 500 percent improvement.
Improved Development Efficiency
The modular nature of .NET classes and user controls can speed design. With adequate planning, code reuse throughout an application can improve development speed, consistency in the final appearance and final performance. Through tools like Visual Studio.NET, Dreamweaver MX and CODEXXXXX, projects can be delivered quickly and efficiently. Development can focus on robust code with attention to security.
Event Based Model
Most web applications use a traditional client-server interaction to send information to and receive responses from a web server. This carries a lot of problems, mainly that web servers do not maintain state and they do not natively consider security with every web page they serve. .NET is different. The framework of .NET delivers a web page that listens for events such as button pushing, form field usage, clicking on hyperlinks, and so on. When these events occur, the .NET web application performs a function and changes the user's view appropriately.
Native XML And Web Service Support
.NET was designed from the ground up to support XML. The versatility of XML tied into a web application opens up new possibilities including less server load, heterogeneous application development and platforms. In addition, .NET makes distributed computing via Web services practical.
Powerful Security
A website on the Internet is like having a front door to the best part of town and a back door that opens to the worst part of town. .NET was spurred to address security holes from previous versions of Microsoft services. It collects evidence about the origin and author of an application and uses that data to dole out permissions and keep hackers at bay.
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