Learn about ASP.NET 1.1 VS 2.0

Covenant Data Systems at the Power of 2.0

What IS ASP.NET?

ASP.NET is a server-side technology for creating dynamic, standards-based Web sites and services that are accessible across multiple platforms including mobile devices. ASP.NET pages (Web Forms) are compiled, providing better performance than with scripting languages. Web Forms allow you to build powerful forms-based Web pages. When building these pages, ASP.NET server controls are used to create common UserInterface elements and program them for common tasks. These controls allow you to rapidly build a Web Form out of reusable built-in or custom components, simplifying the code of a page. If you would like to learn more about ASP.NET, please visit http://www.asp.net/learn/default.aspx.

ASP.NET 1.1

.NET Framework version 1.1 provided improved scalability and performance, support for mobile device development with ASP.NET mobile controls (formerly the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit), support for Internet Protocol version 6, and ADO.NET classes for native communication with Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and Oracle databases. It also enabled the use of code access security to further lock down and isolate ASP.NET applications.

Why ASP.NET 2.0?

ASP.NET 2.0 improves upon that foundation by adding support for several new and exciting features in the areas of developer productivity, administration and management, extensibility, and performance:

Developer Productivity - ASP.NET 2.0 encapsulates common Web tasks into application services and controls that can be easily reused across web sites. With these basic building blocks, many scenarios can now be implemented with far less custom code than was required in previous versions. With ASP.NET 2.0 it is possible to significantly reduce the amount of code necessary to build common scenarios on the web.

Flexible Extensibility - ASP.NET 2.0 is a well-factored and open system, where most components can be easily replaced with a custom implementation. Whether it is server controls, page handlers, compilation, or core application services, you'll find that most are easily customizable and replaceable to tailor to your needs. Developers can plug custom code into the page lifecycle to further customize ASP.NET 2.0.

Performance and Scalability - ASP.NET is built to perform, using a compiled execution model for handling page requests. ASP.NET 2.0 also introduces key performance benefits over previous versions. These benefits include 64-bit support and caching improvements.

Covenant Data Systems' Methods

Although Covenant Data Systems initially designed applications and websites using version 1.1 and we still support version that version, we have migrated to version 2.0.