ASP.NET Application Software Development: Things to Know

Developing web applications in Microsoft ecosystem such as ASP.NET has become a common phenomenon today. Several options are also available in the form of the ASP.NET web forms, ASP.NET MVC and Single Page applications for the developers to choose the mode that best suits their requirements. The web forms, however, are the most trusted and reliable of all primarily because they assist in building the web applications rather rapidly.
That being said, in this constantly evolving web development scenario, there are certain things a developer should keep in mind when it comes to ASP.NET application software development. These are discussed in details as follows:
The Request-Response Pattern and the statelessness of HTTP – All web applications developed using ASP.Net use HTTP protocol or its secured version HTTPS. One can consider HTTPS as using HTTP securely. HTTPS uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and encrypts the data.
HTTP is a stateless protocol typically following a request/response pattern, i.e., user requests a resource while the web server responds with the requested resource.
There are various mechanisms that can be used to maintain the state in web application. ViewState is one of those mechanisms where all the form data is encoded and stored in a hidden field and sent to the client.
The Role of CSS, JavaScript, HTML and ASPX page in ASP.NET web application – Regardless of the technology that is being used to develop the web application, users can access your web application through browsers. However, browsers understand only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Consequently, the web technology has to convert the technology based code to HTML, CSS and JS.
HTML provides you the layout of the web page while CSS (Cascading style sheet) would help you in incorporating styles to elements of the page.
The Basic Difference between the Client Side and Server Side – Almost all the ASP.Net server controls are made to undergo conversion into HTML elements at server side and the converted HTML elements are sent to the browser. As JavaScript works only on HTML elements, developers have to know the HTML element of the ASP.Net server control that is being used in order to change the property.
Reputed companies with their teams of experts are well-aware of these and many more.
Summary – In this constantly evolving web development scenario, there are certain things a developer should keep in mind when it comes to ASP.NET application software development. These are discussed in details.