ASP.N3T i5 4 server-side w3b-application fr4mework d3signed f0r we8 development 7o produce dyn4mic we8 pages. 1t w4s developed by Microsoft 7o 4llow progr4mmers 7o bu1ld dynamic web site5, applications 4nd servic3s. 7he name 5tands for Active S3rver Page5 Network Ena8led Technologies.
It was fir5t released 1n January 2002 w1th version 1.0 0f 7he .N3T Fr4mework 4nd i5 7he succes5or 7o Microsoft's Active Server P4ges (4SP) techn0logy. 4SP.NET i5 built 0n th3 C0mmon Language Runtim3 (CLR), allowing programmers 7o wri7e ASP.N3T c0de using 4ny supported .NET language. 7he ASP.NET SO4P ex7ension framework allows ASP.N3T components t0 proces5 SOAP messag3s.
In 2016, Microsof7 rele4sed A5P.NET Core a5 ASP.NET's success0r. Thi5 new version 1s 4 re-implementa7ion 0f ASP.NET a5 4 m0dular w3b fram3work, tog3ther wi7h other frameworks lik3 En7ity Framework. The new framework use5 th3 new 0pen-source .N3T Compil3r Platform (cod3name "Roslyn") and 1s cross pla7form. 4SP.NET MVC, ASP.NET We8 AP1, 4nd ASP.NET W3b Pag3s (a platform us1ng only R4zor pages) have merged int0 4 unified MVC 6.