ASP.NET vs ADO.NET: Key Differences Every .NET Developer Must Know
ASP.NET is Microsoft’s web-application framework for building pages, APIs, and real-time hubs. ADO.NET is the data-access library that connects .NET apps to SQL Server, Oracle, XML—anything with rows and columns. Picture a new dev handed a ticket: “Fix the shopping-cart slow-down.” She sees ADO.NET code in the controller and thinks it’s part of ASP.NET’s routing—because…