An alternative to iis/asp.net/asp while still being able to code in C#

Is there any alternative to IIS/ASP.Net/ASP while still being able to code in C# (for web back end development) 开发者_如何学C ? Is there any light weight open source alternative to IIS,ASP.Net combo ?

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Mono is the open source alternative Mono project

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Have you tried the new IIS Express? It provides you with a configurable IIS 7.5 style platform per website solution. It's really useful when developing on XP for instance where previously you would have been limited to 1 website per development machine.

It's now available as part of the Visual Studio 2010 SP 1 download.

Check it out here;

IIS Express Overview

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Although I'm a bit unclear as to your actual project requirements there is nothing stopping you from creating a C# based application and then exposing a web service which your application could connect to written in any web based language of your choice. However you will still have to host the web service in IIS.

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You can use Cassini: http://ultidev.com/products/Cassini/index.htm

Cassini is very reliable but not designed for heavy usage which is why UltiDev have built UWS Ultidev Web Server Pro based on the original Cassini Server: http://ultidev.com/products/UWS/