1.BuildingASP.NETPagesASP.NETandthe.NETFrameworkASP.NETispartofMicrosoft'soverall.NETframework,whichcontainsavastsetofprogrammingclassesdesignedtosatisfyanyconceivableprogrammingneed.Inthefollowingtwosections,youlearnhowASP.NETfitswithinthe.NETframework,andyoulearnaboutthelanguagesyoucanuseinyourASP.NETpages.The.NETFrameworkClassLibraryImaginethatyouareMicrosoft.Imaginethatyouhavetosupportmultipleprogramminglanguages—suchasVisualBasic,JScript,andC++.Agreatdealofthefunctionalityoftheseprogramminglanguagesoverlaps.Forexample,foreachlanguage,youwouldhavetoincludemethodsforaccessingthefilesystem,workingwithdatabases,andmanipulatingstrings.
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