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Even though ASP.NET takes its name from [[Microsoft]]'s old web development technology, [[ASP]], the two are very different. ASP.NET has been rebuilt completely and is based on the [[Common Language Runtime|CLR]] shared by all [[Microsoft .NET]] applications. ASP.NET code can be written using any of the different programming languages supported by the [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] framework, usually [[VB.NET|Visual Basic.NET]] or [[C Sharp Programming Language|C#]].

ASP.NET attempts to simplify the transition from [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] application development to web development by allowing developers to build pages composed of ''controls'' similar to a Windows [[user interface]]. A web control, such as a ''button'' or ''label'', can be used in very much the same way as its Windows counterpart: it'sits properties can be assigned to in code and events can be triggered. Controls know how to render themselves and, whereas Windows controls draw themselves to the screen, web controls produce segments of [[HTML]] which form part of the resulting page sent to the user's browser.

ASP.NET uses the [[.NET Framework]] as an infrastructure. The .NET Framework is a managed runtime environment (like [[Java platform|Java]]), providing a [[virtual machine]] with [[Just-in-time|JIT]] and a [[class library]].