VB.

NET
1) It is an object based
programming
2)Variables or member
declarations are not
mandatory
3)Uses Unstructured
method for handling
exceptions
4) Uses DAO, RDO, ADO
object models for
database connectivity
5)Uses Data projects as
its default reporting tool

1) It is an object oriented
programming
2)Here its mandatory
3) Uses Unstructured /
Structured methods for
handling exception
4) supports ADO and
ADO.NET models
5) uses crystal reports

6)Uses COM for language

interoperability
7)Does not support multi
threading
8)Uses DCOM to support
distributed technology
9) Supports web tech.,client
side appns or server side
appns can be designed
using VB

6) Uses .net assembly for

language interoperability
7)Does support
multithreading
8)Uses .net remoting to
support distributed tech.
9)It does not support web
technology.
Note VB.net cant be used to
design Client Side / Server
side appns but it can used
as an implementing Lang
for asp.net

Differences between C#.net &

VB.net
W.R.T
DATA
TYPES

C#.NET
VB.NET
1.Unsigned Data Types 1.No Unsigned Data Types
2.Strongly Typed Lang. 2.It is not strongly typed

OOPS
Concept

More concepts in C#
u have interfaces,
abstraction, indexes
Garbage Collector.
Automatic releasing of
resources is available.
It Boosts the
performance.
Is available in C#

Less Concepts here.

No indexes in Vb.net and it
has limitations wrt interface
Garbage collector,
destructor,dispose.Automatic
releasing of resources is not
available.You have to explicitly
use dispose method
Is not available in VB.Net

Is available in C#

Is not available in VB.Net

Is available in C#

Is not available in VB.Net

Memory
Manag.

Operator
Overloading
Pointers
Auto XML

ARCHITECTURE OF ASP.NET
Web Server
(.aspx)
HTTP
REQUEST

(.asp)

Aspnet_isapi.dll

ASP.net Runtime Env

Machine.config

Asp.dll
Web.config

App Domain
HTTP Handlers

HTTP
RESPONSE

Process Req

inet_info.exe

Aspnet_wp.exe

Inet_info.exe identifies the request and submits the request to

the aspnet_isapi.dll.
Aspnet_isapi.dll is a script engine which process the .aspx page
Then the script engine will submit the request to the ASP.NET
runtime env.
After verifying all the security issues of both machine.config and
web.config then an AppDomain will be defined for the request and
after processing the request the response will be given to the client
as HTTP response.
Machine.Config it is used to maintain the complete
configuration details of all the web applications registered on to the
web server of ASP.net
Web.Config It is used to maintain the config details about a
single web application.
Where configuration details includes security,database
connectivity,state management,trace details of the web
application,,authentication and authorization of the applications
and globalizations

AppDomain:All windows appns run inside a process and

these process own resources such as memory and kernel
objects and the threads execute code loaded into a
process.Process are protected from each other by the OS.
All these appns are run on high isolation mode to work
safely.The disadvantage of this is memory resources are
blocked.So to achieve this in a single process all the
applications should be made to run which is good to an
extent but the draw back is if one crashes all other are
effected. So in .net the code verification feature takes care
that the code is safe to run.so asp.net each application
runs its own application domain and therefore it is
protected from other asp.net applications on the same
machine so it ignores the process isolation specified on IIS.

HTTPHandlers:ASP.net builds upon a extensible architecture

known as HTTP runtime.This is responsible for handling the
requests and sending the response.It is upto an individual
handlers such as asp.net or web service to implement the work
done on a request.IIS supports a low level API known as ISAPI
for developing custom solutions like building JSP on IIS.
ASP.net implements a similar concept with HTTP handlers.A
request is assigned to ASP.net from IIS then ASP.net examines
entries in the <httphandlers> section based on the extension of
the request to determine which handler the request should be
send to.

Features of asp.net
ASPX,ASP
Simplified Programming Model
Simplified deployment
Better Performance
Caching
Security
Powerful Controls
Simplified Browser Support
Simplified Form Validations

Features of asp.net
Code behind Pages
More powerful data access
Web services
Better session Management