ASP.NET by Example

Chapter 1. .NET Overview

“Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.”

—Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison did not invent the first electric light bulb or the first incandescent lamp. He did, however, invent the first practical and commercially successful electric incandescent lamp. He did not invent the first electrical power station. He improved the designs of existing generators and regulators to create the first commercially successful power station capable of delivering affordable power for electric lighting. He did not invent the telegraph. But he did invent the first duplex and multiplex telegraphy systems, enabling telegraphs to ...