William Chang

ASP.NET (Active Server Pages)
Microsoft ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web applications. ASP.NET can be used to create anything from small, personal websites through to large, enterprise-class web applications. One of the principal features of this model is the flexibility to choose your programming language. ASP.NET works with scripted languages such as VBScript, JScript, Perlscript, and Python, as well as compiled languages such as VB, C#, C, Cobol, Smalltalk, and Lisp. The new framework uses the common language runtime (CLR); your language source is compiled into Microsoft Intermediate Language code, which the CLR then executes. The framework also provides for true object-oriented programming (OOP), and true inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation are supported. The .NET class library is organized into inheritable classes based around particular tasks, such as working with XML or image manipulation.

Helpful Links:

• Master Pages: Tips, Tricks, and Traps
• Basics: Master Page FAQ
• Edward Tanguay’s Web Developer Site
• Microsoft AJAX Library Cheat Sheets [Direct Download]
• ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Control Adapters
• ASP.NET 2.0 Resources

Conversion:

• C# to VB.NET
• VB.NET to C#

Tools and Utilities:

• Lutz Roeder’s Programming.NET C# VB CLR