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<p>ASP.NET is a <a href="/facts/Server-side_scripting/JnLx8FnL">server-side</a> <a href="/facts/Web-application_framework/8f1CVHDX">web-application framework</a> designed for <a href="/facts/Web_development/UW5ypSzj">web development</a> to produce <a href="/facts/Dynamic_web_page/psjqGKBx">dynamic web pages</a>. It was developed by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> to allow <a href="/facts/Programmer/WGTS1Jv9">programmers</a> to build dynamic <a href="/facts/Web_site/SAsjJnca">web sites</a>, <a href="/facts/Web_application/BLkF3BIN">applications</a> and <a href="/facts/Web_service/qxrwqB3D">services</a>. The name stands for Active Server Pages Network Enabled Technologies. </p><p>It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework/J6QDAUhP">.NET Framework</a> and is the successor to Microsoft's <a href="/facts/Active_Server_Pages/um62st21">Active Server Pages</a> (ASP) technology. ASP.NET is built on the <a href="/facts/Common_Language_Runtime/4Y0cUdkd">Common Language Runtime</a> (CLR), allowing programmers to write ASP.NET code using any supported <a href="/facts/List_of_CLI_languages/LnpaWLBK">.NET language</a>. The ASP.NET <a href="/facts/SOAP/vXlAMnjp">SOAP</a> extension framework allows ASP.NET components to process SOAP messages. </p><p>In 2016, Microsoft released <a href="/facts/ASP.NET_Core/t93JjWxg">ASP.NET Core</a> as ASP.NET's successor. This new version is a re-implementation of ASP.NET as a modular <a href="/facts/Web_framework/8f1CVHDX">web framework</a>, together with other frameworks like <a href="/facts/Entity_Framework/20FoR2zr">Entity Framework</a>. The new framework uses the new open-source <a href="/facts/.NET_Compiler_Platform/y2lksQ5d">.NET Compiler Platform</a> (codename "Roslyn") and is <a href="/facts/Cross_platform/16zqdvNR">cross platform</a>. <a href="/facts/ASP.NET_MVC/KFyeWXHx">ASP.NET MVC</a>, ASP.NET Web API, and ASP.NET Web Pages (a platform using only <a href="/facts/ASP.NET_Razor/JtSUR2SJ">Razor</a> pages) have merged into a unified MVC 6. </p>