ASP.NET is a web development platform, which provides a programming model, a comprehensive software infrastructure and various services required to build robust web applications for PC, as well as mobile devices.
ASP.NET works on top of the HTTP protocol, and uses the HTTP commands and policies to set a browser-to-server bilateral communication and cooperation.
ASP.NET is a part of Microsoft .Net platform. ASP.NET applications are compiled codes, written using the extensible and reusable components or objects present in .Net framework. These codes can use the entire hierarchy of classes in .Net framework.
The ASP.NET application codes can be written in any of the following languages:
C#
Visual Basic.Net
Jscript
J#
Build web apps and services, IoT Apps, and mobile backends.
Use development tools on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Deploy to the cloud or on-premises
Run-on .NET Core.
ASP.NET Core is a single framework for developing web UI and web APIs.
ASP.NET Core is designed for testing.
Razor Pages makes coding easier and provides a more productive environment to code page-focused situations. Razor Pages are a page-based approach for building server-side rendered apps.
Blazor is a feature in ASP.NET for building interactive web UIs. Blazor allows the use of C# alongside JavaScript in the browser. Share server-side and client-side application logic built in.NET.
Capability to design and run applications on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Community-driven and open-source.
Modern client-side frameworks and development methods are integrated.
ASP.NET provides a configuration system that is cloud-ready and environment-based.
A high-performance, lightweight, modular HTTP request pipeline and provides built-in dependency injection.
Capability to host on the platforms like Kestrel, IIS, HTTP.sys, Nginx, and Apache Docker.
ASP.NET supports side-by-side versioning. It has the ability to run multiple versions of an application on the same device side by side.
