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 ?

Mono is the open source alternative Mono project

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

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.

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/