Summary

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In this chapter, you learned what ASP.NET is. You got a high-level overview of some of the major advantages of ASP.NET over traditional ASP and other Web development platforms in general. You also learned about some of the new features of ASP.NET:

• Encapsulating common functionality into server controls that can be placed on the page without any additional code.

• Server-side event handling, which enables you to react to events from the page or from any server control on the page.

• Multilanguage support, which enables you to write rich Web applications in the language with which you're most comfortable.

• Web services, which let you share data with other Web sites in an agreed-upon format.

• Session state management, which means you no longer need to deal with the complexity of state management.

• Caching, which enables reduced processing on the server by storing output on the server for quick access.

In the following chapters, you'll learn more about the benefits of ASP.NET over other Web development platforms. This will include ADO.NET, working with data-bound server controls, Web services, and some advanced features such as data caching.

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