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ASP.net development services At Offshore.NET Development, our team of .net developers has successfully delivered a variety of solutions, from e-commerce applications, to lease management systems, to ERP solutions and web portals among others, to our global clientele. Our skills and expertise with ASP.net ensure that we deliver high quality solutions to our clientele.
ASP.net is a server side scripting technology that is a part of the .net Framework. It provides developers with the services necessary for the creation and development of dynamic web applications. Being a part of the .net framework means that like all other .net technologies ASP.net is also built on a CLR (Common Language Runtime) and supports programming in multiple .net compatible languages such as VB. NET, C#. Developers on ASP.net can take advantage of all the benefits that the .net platform has to offer. Although ASP, NET is a successor to Microsoft's ASP, it is not backward compatible with ASP.

An ASP.net file can be identified by the extension .aspx and it includes HTML, and embedded scripting code. An ASP.net page is rendered as a plain HTML page. The ASP.net engine parses and executes the dynamic code elements and returns an HTML page.

FEATURES
ASP.net includes a host of features that aid in the development of dynamic and interactive web pages. Some of the features include the following:

Compiled Code: In ASP.net all code is compiled into machine language thereby making it faster to execute and render the requested web pages.

Controls: In ASP.net all HTML elements and input controls can be defined as .net controls enabling them to be programmatically manipulated and managed.

Caching: ASP.net makes use of caching to improve the performance of web pages. It supports various types of caching methods: Output Caching - wherein the entire page is cached, Fragment Caching - wherein specific portions of a page are cached and Data Caching - wherein caching can be managed programmatically by accessing and manipulating the caching engine.

Web Services: ASP.net provides built in support for the creation and deployment of Web Services and supports standards such as XML, SOAP and WSDL. A file that supports web services can be identified by the .asmx extension.

Master Templates: ASP.net supports the creation of a master template for layouts to be used across a website. This eases the process of creating and managing a consistent look and feel across the website.

Skinnable Interface: In order to define and set a common style for all pages/controls across a website, ASP.net includes the concept of themes. A theme is a collection of skins, a skin in turn defines a set of properties that control the appearance of controls and web pages.

Web Parts: A web part is a component that defines a specific functionality, and can be included in a web page. Each web part has its own set of attributes and properties and can be individually customized and configured. ASP.net provides in-built support for creating and manipulating web parts. Web Parts are useful for providing personalization services. Surfers can, from a list, select the web parts that they wish to view. The display order and layout can be set by the individuals.

Session State across servers: ASP.net enables a user's session state to be maintained and shared across servers within a web-farm.

Code Editors: A wide range of editors for Notepad to Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer Express Edition can be used to write ASP.net code.

Security Features: ASP.net includes extensive security features. It provides built-in protection against common security threats and problems such as cross-site scripting, request-replay attacks etc. Also, ASP.net provides a set of application and membership services that provide support and managing users and their access to the application.

Mobile Integration: ASP.net includes a Mobile Internet Toolkit that allows ASP.net web pages to be easily accessible over mobile phones and PDAs.

ADVANTAGES
ASP.net offers the following advantages in developing web applications:

. ASP.net applications are precompiled thereby making them faster to load when requested by users.

. The caching features of ASP.net also help in improving the load time of applications.

. ASP.net provides support for multiple database platforms thereby enabling the creation of dynamic    database driven websites.

. ASP.net applications can be developed using a variety of programming languages.

SOLUTIONS
A whole range of web applications can be developed on ASP.net. Below are a few examples (among many others) of the types of web applications that we offer to develop:

. E-commerce applications such as online storefronts, booking engines, auction portals etc. Travel Portals

. Consumer Service Websites such as classifieds, directory listings etc

. Education and Training Solutions such as online training and assessment applications, learning management    systems etc

. Social Networking Websites

. Finance Applications

. Healthcare Applications