What is Asp.Net and how to get started step by step ?

INTRODUCTION:
  
    In this article I will give a detailed explanation of what is ASP.NET and how to install Visual Studio and MSSQL server.

WHAT IS ASP.NET??
     
            ASP.NET is an open source server side web application framework designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages
    
 What is a Web page and What do you mean by Web Application??

     Consider for ex. Facebook.Its a web application and it has a collection of web pages.As soon as you click on facebook,you see a login page which is nothing but a web page and on clicking you will be redirected to profile page which is a web page again. Facebook is actually developed in PHP .
        Similarly we can develop many web applications in any framework we wish say,PHP ,Asp.Net, HTML5 etc

GETTING STARTED...

      Your next question probably will be how to develop such web application in Asp.Net and what are all the stuffs we got to install??
      For .Net you need Visual studio to develop web application and Microsoft SQL server for the backend. You can also use other database like Oracle etc but since I am using MSSQL server I will show to you how to download
and proceed with it.
    SQL SERVER is the database for storing all the data .

WHAT DATA DOES SQL ACTUALLY STORES ?

     Consider the same facebook.!!When you visit facebook for the first time you will do the registration .You will be registering with Username, password, email, contact number etc. So, How does these stuffs are actually stored??Now,the database comes into being .All the details will be stored in a database..!! Similarly for all web applications for storing data we need a database .!!

 HOW TO INSTALL VISUAL STUDIO ??

    Go to this link Visual Studio 2013 and click any of your choice

    You will be required to sign in for a microsoft account and after that click on 'install'.Your download will begin and it may take hours depending on the internet speed

    

  
   Once your download has been completed click on 'Launch'

And that's it if you haven't signed in to microsoft account you will be required to do after installation. Once you see the below image then it means you have successfully installed Visual studio..!

HOW TO DOWNLOAD MICROSOFT SQL SERVER:

  Go to this link Sql server and download . Once you click download you will see the below image .If your operating system is 64bit then select x_64 else select x_86 .

  

Download and install SQLEXPR first and then install SQLManagementStudio .