ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC4

Question

What is the different between the above two. I know neither but in future I have intention to learn because most ads are asking C# with ASP.NET.

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Answer

ASP.NET is the actual underlying framework for web development. It is built over .NET framework and you can use C# and/or VB.NET to develop your web applications. You can think of it as a platform for build web-based applications. ASP.NET itself consists of multiple sub-frameworks best suitable for different type of websites starting and ranging from personal blogs to enterprise websites. Common sub-frameworks are ASP.NET Web Pages ASP.NET Web Forms ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET SignalR ASP.NET Single Page Applications And quite other libraries too. You should note that Web Pages is to be engulfed by ASP.NET's next version and MVC will take over. Now talking about the difference. You should know that ASP.NET is the actual underlying framework the MVC is just an architect for building the applications over ASP.NET. It consists of three sections Model - for data View - for HTML web pages Controller - for actual back-end code. It makes the web application much more efficient and simpler. ASP.NET can run without implementing the MVC framework but MVC architecture won't run without ASP.NET being the underlying framework. If you want to learn the ASP.NET MVC framework you can refer this article of mine and learn the framework; programming and the concepts.

Maha · Answer

Thank you for your explanation.