Microsoft’s latest version of the .NET framework, version 2.0,
can be used to develop both normal Windows Client applications and web-based
applications. The latter are becoming extremely popular in today’s
broadband-enabled world, and are by far the most common type of project
that Compsoft now works on.
Web-based applications are developed through ASP.NET, which combines
unprecedented developer productivity with performance, reliability, and
deployment, and enables the delivery of real world Web applications.
Rapid Programming Model. ASP.NET makes building real
world Web applications dramatically faster. ASP.NET server controls enable
an HTML-like style of declarative programming that enable the creation
of great pages with far less code than with classic ASP. Displaying data,
validating user input, and uploading files are all amazingly quick. Best
of all, ASP.NET pages work in all browsers -- including Netscape, Opera,
AOL, and Internet Explorer.
Flexible Language Options. ASP.NET leverages current
programming language skills. Unlike classic ASP, which supports only
interpreted VBScript and JScript, ASP.NET now supports more than 25 .NET
languages (including built-in support for VB.NET, C#, and JScript.NET
-- no tool required), providing unprecedented flexibility in the choice
of language. Compsoft makes use of all the languages in ASP.NET
Great Tool Support. The full power of ASP.NET can be
harnessed using any text editor –even Notepad! Visual Studio .NET
adds the productivity of Visual Basic-style development to the Web. ASP.NET
Web Forms can be designed visually using familiar drag-drop-double-click
techniques, and enjoy full-fledged code support including statement completion
and colour-coding. VS.NET also provides integrated support for debugging
and deploying ASP.NET Web applications.