Introduction to ASP.
NET
Presented by
Venkatesham Aithagoni.
What We Will Cover
Introduction to Microsoft® .NET
“Classic” ASP
Microsoft® ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
So Why This Presentation?
ASP.NET offers many enhancements over classic ASP but…
With ASP.NET, there’s a lot new to learn
Solves many ASP issues
RAD for the Web
Demonstrations
ASP vs. ASP.NET
Server controls walk-through
Validation
Data controls
Cookieless sessions
Web services
Page caching
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
Introduction to .NET
1st Generation
Client Logic Servers
Data, Hosts
Biz Logic
Browsers
OS
Services
Web app developers took Applications largely operating
advantage of these local in a client / server model were
services and used HTML augmented with Web browser
to “project” the UI to many and servers. The industry
types of clients focused on rich OS and local
Microsoft provided COM, IIS, services provided by products
Internet Explorer like SQL Server™.
Introduction to .NET
2nd Generation
Biz Servers
Rich Tier Logic
Client Logic Data, Hosts
“Stateful”
Browsers OS
Services “Stateless” &
“Geo-Scalabl
COM+ Services improve reliability,
scalability and manageability. Internet Separation of data and
Explorer provides DHTML for better business logic provide
interactivity. greater scalability and
Combination of “stateless” Web performance while
protocols with DNS and IP routing have accessing enterprise
enabled mass-scale “geo-scalability” and legacy data.
Introduction to .NET
Web Services: The Next Generation
Applications Become
Other Programmable Web Services Public Web
Services X Services
ML M L
BizBiz
Logic X
& Web
Tier Logic Building Block
Smarter Service
Clients XML XML Services
Internal
Standard L XML Services
Browsers HTM OS
OS
Services
Services
L XM
Smarter XM L Servers
Devices Open Internet Data, Hosts
Communications Protocols
Richer, More
(HTTP, SMTP, XML, SOAP) Applications
Productive User Leverage
Experience Globally-
Introduction to .NET
The .Net Platform
Visual Your Application Your Internal
Studio®
® .
and Web Service Services
NET
Orchestratio
n .NET Enterprise
Servers
Operati
.NET
Applications
ons
Framewo
Using Your rk .NET
Service
Windows® ® Foundation
CE, 2000, XP, Services
.NET
End-User Internet Protocols rrdd
Clients SOAP “blue book”
3 Party Web Services
Service
HTTP, SMTP, XML
Introduction to .NET
The .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET
Visual Basic® C++ C# JScript® …
Common Language Specification
Visual Studio .NET
ASP.NET: Web Services Windows
and Web Forms Forms
ADO.NET: Data and XML
Base Class Library
Common Language Runtime
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
ASP today
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
“Classic” ASP
Successes
Simple procedural programming model
Access to COM Objects
ADO
File system object
No compiling, just save
Support for multiple scripting languages
Mix HTML and code
VBscript – leverage Visual Basic skills
“Classic” ASP
Challenges
Code readability
Coding overhead
PostBack complexity
Reuse
Performance
DLL locking
Deployment
Sessions
Caching
“Classic” ASP
Challenges
Code readability
Coding overhead
PostBack complexity
Reuse
Performance
DLL locking
Deployment
Sessions
Caching
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
ASP.NET
Architecture
ASPX
.ASPX
.ASPX
ASP.NET
Architecture
Compiled
Compiled .ASPX
.ASPX
ASP.NET
Architecture
Compiled
Compiled .ASPX
.ASPX
ASP.NET
Architecture
Compiled
Compiled .ASPX
.ASPX
ASP.NET
Execution Model
Source Visual Basic C# C++
code
Unmanaged
Compiler Compiler Compiler
Component
Managed Assembly Assembly Assembly
code IL Code IL Code IL Code
Common Language Runtime
JIT Compiler
Native Code
Operating System Services
ASP.NET
Features
ASPX, ASP – side by side
Simplified programming model
Simplified deployment
Better performance
Caching
Security
Powerful controls
ASP.NET
Features
Simplified browser support
Simplified form validation
Code behind pages
More powerful data access
Web services
Better session management
ASP.NET
Features
No DLL locking
No DLL registration
Simplified configuration
Pagelets
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
Server Controls
Simplify Common Tasks
Simplify common tasks
Forms
Tables
Data display
Calendar
Ad rotator
Server-side programming model
Automatic browser compatibility
Less code, less complexity
Extensible
Server Controls
Browser Support
Targets client on the fly
<asp:textbox ForeColor=“red”/>
Style
Font
Validation
Client-side
Server-side
Server Controls
Validation
Without code
Required field
Within range
Two fields equal (password)
Regular expressions
Validation error messages
With code, but simplified
Custom validation
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
Data Controls
Bind to many data sources
Collections
Array
HashTable
ADO.NET
DataReader
DataSet
XML
Data Controls
ADO.NET
Connection
Command
DataReader
DataSet
DataAdapter
DataView
Data Controls
ADO.NET
DataSet
Database
Authors
Connection Authors
Authors
DataAdapter
Select … from Authors
Data Controls
ADO.NET
DataSet
Database
Authors
Connection Publishers
Publishers
DataAdapter
Publishers
Select … from
Publishers
Data Controls
ADO.NET
DataSet
Authors GridView
Repeater
Publishers
ListView
DataView
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
ASP.NET Web Applications
Global ASAX
Application_Start
Application_End
Session_Start
Session_End
Session
Application
ASP.NET Web Applications
web.config
Site configuration file
XML format
Some settings
Security
Session
Localization
Tracing
Debugging
ASP.NET Web Applications
Session Variables
Store state information
No longer require cookies
Share between servers
<sessionState
mode=“StateServer“
stateConnectionString="tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"
sqlConnectionString="data source=127.0.0.1;user
id=sa;password="
cookieless="false"
timeout="20"
/>
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
Business Objects
Problems with ASP and DLLs
DLLs with .NET
Business Objects
Problems with ASP and DLLs
DLL Locking
Page hit
Shutdown Web application
Shutdown Internet Information Server
Edit in Visual Interdev
MTS/COM+
Shutdown package
Binary compatibility
Registry
Business Objects
DLLs with .NET
Not registered
Placed in ./bin directory
Not locked
Shadow copy
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
Web Services
What Are Web Services?
Allow applications to communicate across the Internet
Platform independent
Protocol independent
Synchronous/asynchronous
Stateful/stateless
ASP.NET
Web Services
Class
Class Courseware
Courseware
WebMethod
WebMethod
GetPrice
GetPrice
Purchase
Purchase
.ASMX
.ASMX
Web Services
Testing
Courseware.asmx
Test HTML Page
.ASMX
.ASMX
Web Services
WSDL
Courseware.asmx?WSDL
Service Definition(XML)
Proxy
Proxy
DLL
.ASMX
.ASMX
DLL
Web Services
Register for Course Purchase Courseware
Proxy
Proxy
DLL
.ASMX
.ASMX
DLL
Agenda
Introduction to .NET
“Classic” ASP
ASP.NET
Server controls
Data controls
ASP.NET Web applications
Business objects
Web services
Additional topics
Additional Topics
Deployment
Scalability
Caching
Authentication and authorization
Availability
Additional Topics
Deployment
Copy
Components in .\bin
No registering DLLs
No locked DLLs
Apps are isolated
Each app can have its own version
Uninstall
Delete
Additional Topics
Scalability Improvements
ASP.NET pages are complied
State shared across machines
Managed providers
Disconnected data access
Caching
Additional Topics
Caching
Page output caching
<%@ OutputCache Duration="60" VaryByParam="none" %>
Page data caching
Cache[“MyDataSet”] = SomeDataSet
Like application variables
Scavenging
Expiration
Dependencies
Additional Topics
Authentication
Supports basic, digest, cookie, and Windows authentication,
Passport
Form-based authentication
Users or roles
One API for user info
Session Summary
ASP.NET offers many enhancements
Improved session state
Improved programming model
Validators
Caching
In-place updating of sites
The list goes on…
Questions?
