ASP.NET, What is it, and why should it matter to me?

 What is ASP.NET?
ASP.NET is a powerful web development framework that allows programmers to build some of the world's most powerful applications. Not only does ASP.NET supports web applications, but also have extensive support for desktop and thin client applications.

Why ASP.NET?
You can safely say that choosing ASP.NET for your next applications guarantees that there will always be wide support-- your application most likely will not become extinct as there are thousands of technologies--both from Microsoft, and from third parties, that are built exclusively for .NET. But my favorite reason for recommending .NET is it's extremely ease of use. With limited knowlege of web development you could literally create a fully functional website with very little effort -- that is of course if you're using VisualStudio.net, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft site for FREE. When using VisualStudio.net you literally just point and click without having to write one single line of code.