What is ASP.Net ?
ASP stands for Active Server Pages. ASP is an open, compile-free application environment in which you can combine HTML, scripts, and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic and powerful Web-based business solutions. Active Server Pages enables server side scripting for IIS with native support for both VBScript and JScript.
ASPs are Web pages that contain […]
What is Client side and Server side scripting ?
Client Side scripting: HTML is a language that provides formatting of static textual data. However it provides no true interactivity other than allowing the user to navigate from one page to another. Client side scripting enables embedding of limited programming instructions within a web page and this is performed at the client end. JavaScript and […]
Read the rest of this entry »What is the global.asax file ?
Global.asax is a file used to declare application-level events and objects. Global.asax is the ASP.NET extension of the ASP Global.asa file. Code to handle application events (such as the start and end of an application) reside in Global.asax. Such event code cannot reside in the ASP.NET page or web service code itself, since during the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Have you used the Visual Studio IDE? What are its features ?
Visual Studio .NET offers many advantages to the .NET developer, including:
· A modern interface, using a tabbed document layout for code and layout screens, and dockable toolbars and information windows.
· Convenient access to multiple design and code windows.
· […]
What are directives ? Which are the directives used in ASP ?
Directives are used to pass optional settings to the ASP.NET pages and compilers. They typically have the following syntax:
<%@ directive attribute=value [attribute=value] %>
Directives are typically located at the top of the appropriate file, although that is not a strict requirement. For example, Application directives are at the top of the global.asax file, and Page directives […]
What is ISAPI ?
Microsoft introduced an alternative to CGI, the Internet Server Application Programming Interface (or ISAPI). ISAPI addresses one of the most limiting features of CGI applications. Each time a client requests the execution of a CGI application, the web server executes a separate instance of the application, sends in the user’s requesting information, and serves the […]
Read the rest of this entry »What is the server object ?
The Server object provides several miscellaneous functions that you can use in your Active Server Page applications. Although most of its methods are seldom used, one method, the CreateObject method, and the Server object’s single property, ScriptTimeout, are invaluable. You will use these in many of your scripts.
The Server object, as its name implies, represents […]
What are Web Forms ?
Web forms are very similar to traditional HTML forms. The difference is that Web forms are server-based, meaning you create the user elements on the server. The server has complete knowledge of what the interface looks like, what it can do what data it expects, and so on.
Web forms pages are divided into two parts: […]

