ASP.NET 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions

ASP.NET 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions

1)Can I upgrade my existing ASP.NET 1.x website to ASP.NET 2.0?
Ans:Yes. Through the Customer Control panel you can select ASP.NET 2.0 for your website, or you can contact us and we will make the change for you.

2)Is there any additional charge for using ASP.NET 2.0?
Ans:No. Our servers have been upgraded to allow for both ASP.NET 1.x and ASP.NET 2.0. You can use either version at no additional charge.

3)Can I run my ASP.NET 2.0 applications on my local machine to test my pages?
Ans:If you are using Visual Studio, you can use the ASP.NET Development Server built into Visual Studio to test your pages. The server functions as a local Web server, running ASP.NET Web pages in a manner virtually identical to how they run on a Web server. Once testing is completed you can upload your pages to our servers.

4)Can I hide the source code for my page?
Ans:Server-side code is processed on the server and is not sent to the browser, so users cannot see it. However, client script is not protected; any client script that you add to your page or that is injected into the page by server processing is visible to users. If you are concerned about protecting your source code on the server, you can precompile your site and deploy the compiled version.

5)Is there a preferred language I should write my code in?
Ans:You can write code for your Web application in any language supported by the .NET Framework. That includes Visual Basic, C#, J#, JScript, and others.

6)What is the recommended program to use for creating ASP.NET 2.0 Web applications?
Ans:The recommended program to use is Visual Web Developer 2008. Information about this product can be found here.

7)Are old projects created in Visual Studio .NET 2002 or 2003 supported in Visual Studio 2005?
Ans:Old projects will continue to run without change. In Visual Studio 2005, if you open a project created in Visual Studio .NET 2002 or 2003, the project is converted to the new project layout used in Visual Studio 2005. As part of the conversion, pages that use the old code-behind model are converted to use the new code-behind model. You cannot create pages using the old code-behind model in Visual Studio 2005.