Commerce Server and ASP.NET
A Commerce Server Core Systems Web application is built on top of ASP.NET. The way that a Commerce Server Core Systems application starts up and shuts down, as well as the way it processes a request, are dependent on ASP.NET.
This section provides an overview of how the architecture of ASP.NET affects the lifecycle of the HTTP requests handled by Commerce Server Core Systems, as well as the lifecycle of the entire Commerce Server Core Systems Web application.