ASP.NET Database Programming Weekend Crash Course

Before, we dive into the evolution of ASP, we should review some basic Web client/server fundamentals. At the highest level, communication in a Web-based environment occurs between two entities: (1) a Web client (most commonly a Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator), which is an application that requests files from a Web server, and (2) a Web server, which is a software application, usually residing on a server, that handles client requests.