.NET framework is a Windows Component that supports the building and running of windows applications and XML Web services. The purpose of the component is to provide the user with a consistent object oriented programming environment whether the code is stored locally or remotely. It aims to minimize software deployment and versioning conflicts and also promote safe execution of code including codes executed by trusted third parties. It is directed towards eliminating performance problems of scripted or interpreted environments. The effort is to make developer experience consistent across a variety of applications and platforms and create communication standards that help .NET framework applications integrate with all other web based applications.

ASP.NET 2005 is part of a whole suite of applications and user interfaces that are packed under the banner of Visual Studio.NET 2005. Code named as Whidbey, the entire package is still being tested and the final version is slotted to be released late this year. The suite includes the .NET Framework; user interfaces like Windows forms, ASP.NET and Compact framework; Official languages like C#, J# and Visual Basic.NET; Integrated Development Environment (IDE) like Visual Studio.NET.

Asp.net Security Overview: Security is one of the most important component of any application. Security is even more important when you are making a web application which is exposed to million of users. Asp.net provides classes and methods that ensure that the application is secure from outside attacks. In this article we will investigate the different types of authentication provided by Asp.net.

Asp.net applications can be easily configured by using web.config files. You can store number of things in the configuration file. Let's see some important stuff that can be stored in this file.

This tutorial explains about The Importance of Caching, Declarative Page Output Caching, Programmatic Page Caching, Caching Page Fragments, Caching Data and Monitoring Performance.

Web Applications are disconnected in nature which means that there is no way for the browser to know who is using the application at present time. In classic Asp programming maintaining state was a headache for the developers. They had to write alot of code to maintain state. But Asp.net model provides easy state management. In this article we will see how we can persist state in multiple pages so the user is recognized by the browser.

Before Asp.net invasion there were many other programming languages and technologies on which the dynamic pages were made. In this tutorial I will explain how we can migrate our classic asp application to the modern asp.net application. Most of the components that were written was in visual basic 6 which communicated with the asp application using the COM components.

We all talk about webservices, webservices can do this and webservices can do that. But when we are asked to make one, we hesitate. Maybe it's because we never made a webservice before, and all the time playing with Webforms and Windows Forms or even Console Applications. By the way, I love Console applications. In this article, I will show you how to create a simple webservice that is consumed by a Console application client.

This tutorial explains about The Role of DataSets in ADO.NET , Using DataSets in ASP.NET , Saving DataSets in Session State, Using DataTable Constraints, DataSet, DataRelations Using DataSets with DataAdapters to Modify Data and the Transactional Model in DataSets.

In this tutorial of Week 6 we will be learning about Overview of List-Bound Controls, Creating a Repeater Control, Creating a DataList Control, Introduction to the DataGrid, Setting Up the DataGrid , Using Advanced DataGrid Features and Adding Advanced Features.