Multimedia Designs .NET

Learn the Basics of ASP.NET

Web Developers can program web applications to perform similar to windows applications. The complexity of a web site is determined by how many different functions (aka features) you need for your web site to perform.

HTML is used for "static" web pages, meaning the page's contents does not change once it is downloaded into the browser.  ASP.NET is used for "dynamic" web pages, meaning the content displayed on the page is determined by the "code-behind" which interacts with the server the web file resides on. ASP.NET forms are interactive and respond to the user's actions while on the page.

In order to create interactive web pages that allow your ASP.NET web page to be "dynamic" they need to be programmed in a .NET programming language. Two popular .NET programming languages are C# and VB.NET. These languages are used with ASP.NET to create dynamic and interactive web content. Both of these languages are used for object-oriented programming. In object-oriented programming all page elements are treated as objects.  A web programmer can then use an object's method to create numerous different results.

ASP.net is a Microsoft technology that web developers can use to create sophisticated, database-driven and dynamic web sites. Web Developers use a a software application called Visual Studio to develop the web pages the placing ASP.net controls on the page with the HTML code and then add programming code (VB.NET or C#) in a "code-behind" file that interacts with the controls. www.ASP.net   is a community web site where developers can download programs, review code and discuss information in an on-line forum.

If you are interested in creating your own web site and you are interested in learning how to program ASP.NET web page, you can download Visual Studio 2008 express for free.

Learn about the available web controls by selecting from the menu on the lesft side of this page. Have fun!