25 November, 2014

Why is ASP.Net among the Top Languages to Build Web Applications?

ASP.NET, the open source and server-side web application framework that is designed for development and production of dynamic web pages is at present considered as one of the most adored as well as accepted web building languages. This fame of ASP.NET can be attributed to the user-friendly structure of the application that is based on a CLR or Common Language Runtime structure, which offers the programmers the option of writing ASP.NET specific code without the aid of any other supported .NET language.

.net development servicesHowever, this is not the only reason why this application framework is today one of the top most languages in web application building fraternity. The value added features that the latest versions of the framework come up with, are very much responsible for all this fame. Let us look into some of them.

Minimizing and Bundling Feature
This is one of the most fascinating features of the 4.5 version, which helps in bundling as well as minimizing the size of the style sheets as well as that of the script of an application. Naturally, this particular feature makes a lot of difference so far as the overall performance of any application is concerned. Thanks to this feature, the developers now have a ‘System.Web.Optimization’ namespace to provide additional support to build as well as minify the application files.

In other words, Bundling helps to merge multiple files into a solitary file, which helps to improve the web request performance by reducing the number of files, which in turn leads to lesser number of HTTP requests.

Minification on the other hand, carries out optimization of the code for the scripts as well as the CSS files, by getting rid of the white spaces, comments, as well as by shortening the variable names into a solitary character. These two features - bundling and minification can be enabled as well as disabled by setting a definite value to the Web.config file compilation debugging attribute.

Presence of Data Controls that are strongly typed
The version 4.5 comes up with data controls, which can easily be typed stubbornly or strongly. Then there is intellisense that can be availed by merely assigning the ItemType property to a specific model, which can be associated with the data controls that can be used in the .aspx pages.

Model Binding
This is another feature that makes the application framework one of the most adored in the web development fraternity. This helps the development of the Webforms that do not depend upon the model that populates the end users’ view. The most striking advantage that this feature provides is that it enables easy as well as comprehensive conduction of unit tests without any hiccup, whatsoever. The support model binding in this version is offered through the ‘System.Web.ModelBinding’ namespace, which contains certain classes that provide values, such as ueryStringAttribute, ControlAttribute, etc.

Value Providers
This version provides a string of Value Providers, Querystring, Session, Cookie, Control Value and so on. These value providers can be used for filtering data. It is also possible to avail customized value providers to meet the specific needs of a particular application.

Support for better paging in GridView control
Paging support in the GridView control of version 4.5 is much improved than what was there in the previous versions. This enhanced GridView.AllowCustomPaging property is perfect for offering some extra support when it comes to proficiently sorting as well as paging of a large amount of data.

Support for Better asynchronous programming
The latest versions of ASP.NET provide much improved support for asynchronous programming. With this, it is now possible to read as well as write requests and responses for HTTP without the requirement of any OS threads. Besides, it also provides support for a couple of new keywords - await and async.

Adding Controller to the folders of the other projects
Previously, more so, till MVC3 was in use and the version 4.5 was not introduced, the controller class could only be added to the “Controllers’ folder in any project. Incorporation of this controller class into any other folder was not allowed. However, with the introduction of this new version, this class can be now be added to any folder, and thus it is possible to improve the arrangement and alignment of the controller classes in the projects.

Thus, equipped with these highly user friendly and vital features ASP.Net is now one of the most adored and accepted server-side web application framework that helps in development and designing of some of the most revolutionary dynamic web pages.

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