What is ASP.Net

• ASP.NET applications are server-side applications that render HTML to a web page.
• ASP.NET apps are created by defining .aspx files and associated .cs or .vb files and compiling them into a set of .DLLs (called an assembly) that run on an ASP.NET-capable server.
• Application logic, GUI layout, and behavior are defined on the server.
• ASP.NET provides a default implementation of the HTML and Javascript needed to create the web browser interface.
• The assemblies execute when a client browser accesses the web server, and receives output in the form of HTML/Javascript/CSS.
• ASP.NET applications are deployed as "assemblies" on an ASP.NET-capable server such as IIS running on the Windows operating system.
• You can use Visual Studio to create ASP.NET applications.
• The GUI of an ASP.NET application is HTML generated by ASP.NET web form controls.
• The generated HTML is styled through themes (aka "skins") using a programmatic markup language, or through CSS.
• ASP.NET can talk directly with a database server, and therefore can be used to write web services. Flex can not be used to write web services, but can consume data from a web service and display it.