ASP.

NET – Presentation #1

Overview of ASP.NET, about IIS and

how to create virtual directory

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Session objectives
 What is ASP.NET?
 Overview of ASP.NET
 Benefits of ASP.NET
 What is ASP.NET File?
 IIS
 How Does ASP.NET Work?
 Creating a Virtual Directory
 Web Sharing the Project Folder
 Deleting a Web Project
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What is ASP.NET?
• Creation, deployment, and execution
of Web Applications and Web Services

• ASP.NET is a Microsoft Technology

• ASP stands for Active Server Pages

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Overview of ASP.NET
 Server Side Scripting
 Language Interoperability
 Browser Independent
 Interactive Web application & DataBase
management
 Maintaining State Management
 ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS

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Benefits of ASP.NET
• Separation of Code from HTML
• Graphical Development Environment
• Update files while the server is running!
• Support for compiled languages
• State management

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What is an ASP.NET File?

 An ASP.NET file is just the same as an HTML file
 An ASP.NET file can contain HTML, XML & scripts
 Scripts in an ASP.NET file are executed on the server
 An ASP.NET file has the file extension ".aspx“

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IIS
 Internet Information Service
 IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's
Internet server
 IIS comes as a free component with Windows
servers
 IIS is also a part of Windows 2000 and XP
Professional

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How Does ASP.NET Work?

• Requests an HTML file, the server returns the
file
• Requests an ASP.NET file, IIS passes the
request to the ASP.NET engine on the server
• The ASP.NET engine reads the file, line by
line, and executes the scripts in the file
• ASP.NET file is returned to the browser as
plain HTML
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Creating a Virtual Directory

 Start, Settings, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, Internet Services
Manager
 Expand node for computer and default Web
site
 Right-click Default Web site icon, select
New, Virtual Directory
 In Virtual Directory Creation Wizard enter
your project folder name as the alias and
enter the folder and path

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Web Sharing the Project Folder

 Select the Project folder in My Computer

 Right-click, select Properties, Web
Sharing, activate Share This Folder
 In Edit Alias dialog click OK

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Deleting a Web Project

 Project in IIS Virtual Directory

 Delete the directory

 Project in Web Shared Folder

 Unshare it from Properties dialog

 Either Reboot Computer or Stop and

Restart IIS
 Delete Folder

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Summary
 What is ASP.NET?
 Overview of ASP.NET
 Benefits of ASP.NET
 What is ASP.NET File?
 IIS
 How Does ASP.NET Work?
 Creating a Virtual Directory
 Web Sharing the Project Folder
 Deleting a Web Project

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