What are ASHX Files

ASHX files contain HTTP handlers.
HTTP Handlers are nothing but software modules that handle raw HTTP requests received by ASP.NET
With .ASHX files one can easily deploy HTTP Handlers without modifying IIS metabase.

 

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"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute"

Abelson & Sussman, SICP, preface to the first edition