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What is the tech stack for DNN?

DNN runs on ASP.NET (.NET Framework 4.8+) with Microsoft SQL Server (2017+ or Azure SQL).

DNN Platform is community-led and a member project of the .NET Foundation.

What’s the difference between DNN and Evoq?

DNN Platform is the open-source core that's been wildly popular and adopted for over 20 years. Evoq is a commercial offering maintained by DNN Software (IgniteTech) that builds on DNN.

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Author: Sacha

WebForms vs MVC 5 in .NET Framework: Understanding the HTML Differences

ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC 5 are both mature web application frameworks that run on the .NET Framework 4.8. While they share the same runtime environment, they generate vastly different HTML output and follow fundamentally different architectural patterns.

In this post, we'll dive deep into the generated HTML, examining forms, inputs, buttons, injected JavaScript, and the infamous ViewState.

Sacha
2026-03-27

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