XSP (software) explained

XSP
Author:	Ximian
Developer:	.NET Foundation and Xamarin (a Microsoft subsidiary)
Latest Release Version:	4.7.1
Programming Language:	C#
Platform:	.NET Framework, Mono
Operating System:	Linux
Genre:	Web server that hosts ASP.NET's system
License:	Microsoft Public License

XSP is a simple, standalone web server written in C# that hosts ASP.NET's System for Linux^[1] and other Unix operating systems. It runs on the Mono runtime for Linux and the .NET Framework runtime, making it usable as a lightweight web server on any platform supporting .NET.^[2]

XSP was the original name of the internal project at Microsoft that became ASP.NET. The name pays homage to the original name of what became ASP.NET.

See also

• mod_mono

Further reading

• Book: Edd Dumbill . Edd Wilder-James . Niel M. Bornstein . Mono: A Developer's Notebook . 2004 . . 978-0596007928.

Notes and References

1. https://www.linux.com/news/running-net-applications-linux-mono/ Running .Net applications on Linux with Mono - Linux.com
2. Web site: Introduction to Mono - ASP.NET with XSP and Apache. Brian Delahunty. 2006-12-14. 3 March 2005. The Code Project . https://web.archive.org/web/20061114231004/http://www.codeproject.com/cpnet/introtomono2.asp?print=true . 2006-11-14.