Chapter 4: Writing ASP.NET Pages

Overview

You have already taken a high-level look at the .NET Framework, and seen a few quick examples of ASP.NET pages, so now let's dive in and look in more details at how to create ASP.NET pages. Whether they are called ASP.NET pages or Web forms, these files form the core of all ASP.NET applications. This chapter covers:

• The old way of creating ASP pages versus the new way with ASP.NET.

• The steps a page goes through as it is processed .

• How to use the various features of the Page object.

• Breaking up a page into reusable objects called user controls.

At the end of this chapter, you will have learned the core essentials for the rest of the ASP.NET world. The remainder of the book draws on the page framework shown in this chapter.