ASP.NET is Microsoft's latest technology for
building web-based applications and services, a successor to Active
Server Pages (ASP) that draws on the power of the .NET Framework
development platform and the Visual Studio .NET developer toolset. To
better understand ASP.NET, it is important to understand some key
concepts of the .NET development platform. It is also helpful to
grasp object-oriented development (OOD), which is at the very heart
of the .NET Framework that provides the foundation for ASP.NET
development. In this chapter, we'll review these
concepts, look at what's new in ASP.NET (versus
classic ASP), review new features in ASP.NET 1.1, and discuss
choosing a language to suit your needs.
