SaraMicrosoft .NET platform needs no introduction. It is free, resilient and resourceful enough for both Web Application Development and Desktop Application Development alike, providing competent features like WebForms, MVC, AJAX framework, dynamic data scaffolding, templates and themes, built in controls and free developer tools. It promotes rapid application development to offer a robust platform providing solutions for Mobile Application Development using Windows Mobile and Windows Phone as also the very competent Business Intelligence Applications.
Primarily running on Microsoft Windows, it includes a large class library known as Framework Class Library (FCL) which provides user interface, data access, database connectivity, cryptography, web application development, numeric algorithms, and network communications. This integration of technologies and concepts is the driving force behind the Microsoft Web Development techniques which offers numerous advantages.
Getting the Edge with Microsoft Web Development
- Easy to Install
o The Microsoft Web Platform Installer which includes .NET framework with ASP .NET and Visual Web Developer Express bundles up all the required tools needed to build a web application.
- The Power of .NET Framework
o Offers built-in security, reliability and robustness
o Allows developers to experiment with niche programming styles and patterns
- WebForms & MVC
o Two distinct approaches to support ASP.NET Features like membership-based authentication and authorization, URL routing, caching, master pages and localization
o Rich server-side controls and data binding with ASP.NET WebForms
o Control for HTML with ASP.NET MVC.
- SEO friendly
o Provides features to create and handle search-engine friendly URLs
o The free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) toolkit optimizes other areas of your Websites or Web applications for search engines to increase traffic
- AJAX & JQuery
o Interactive Web applications that work across all popular browsers AJAX and JQuery are compatible
o A complete AJAX framework allows to provide rich end-user experiences promoting contemporary UX
o JQuery gives better control for HTML, event handling and animations
- Customizable Data
o Data can be customized to suit the needs through a range of built-in data controls
o ASP.NET includes support for technologies such as LINQ and the Entity Framework that allows access to a variety of data sources such as databases, XML files and Web services in Web applications
- Consistency through Templates & Pages
o Master pages, user controls and templates promote a consistent look and feel for the Web applications
o Easily manageable solutions by central control for style and code through ASP.NET, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
.NET Framework also includes restricted versions for mobile or embedded device use. .NET Compact Framework, is available on Windows CE platforms, to cater to handhelds and other low powered or resource constrained devices.
