Summary

This is a fairly dense chapter, packed full with information about Web Parts and the ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part framework. Throughout this chapter you learned what Web Parts are, how they work, and how you can deploy them on Web Part Pages. In addition, this chapter presented quite a bit of information about the extensive use of the personalization provider by the Web Parts framework and how you can make that work for you. This chapter is by no means the definitive reference for all things related to Web Parts, but it has provided you with enough information so that you can get started with Web Parts and you can make informed design decisions when presented with the opportunity to create a solution involving Web Parts.