Upgrade for ASP.net

[rayburndavis9665]

Hi, I'm on the Free plan with x10hosting and was wondering, do I HAVE to upgrade to Premium to get ASP.net? Or can I pay once to get it? x10hosting used to have these offers every once in awhile where you pay once and get your space doubled, or get an extra feature added to your free account. I was just wondering if something like that was still available.

Sorry if my question doesn't make sense. I can elaborate more if needed.

Thanks.

Rayburn

 

[essellar]

Running ASP.NET on Linux requires installing Mono, which is a system-wide change. You can't just "upgrade" on a per-user basis; your code needs to be running on a server that has Mono installed, and that means going to one of the paid plans. If you have ASP.NET, everyone else on your server has ASP.NET. You don't have to go to Premium, though; Illuminated includes Mono/ASP.NET for a lot less money.

Running code on Mono involves loading and running a virtual machine, so it's a little bit resource-intensive. And Mono is not really ASP.NET; you need to be aware of what it does and doesn't support. (A lot of people expect Windows code to "just work" on Linux, which it often won't, so supporting Mono means a lot of extra tickets.) Before you decide to go ASP.NET, check the documentation at Mono-Project.com to see what works and what doesn't.

 

[rayburndavis9665]

Ah your answer makes total sense. Thank you for answering my question.