Chapter 4. Implementing Navigation for the User Interface

Terms you'll need to understand:

• ASP.NET application

• Cookies

• HTTP request

• HTTP response

• Postback

• Session

• View state

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Understanding the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of the various state management techniques

• Using new features of ASP.NET, such as view state and smart navigation

• Knowing how to choose between the Response.Redirect(), Server.Transfer() , and Server.Execute() methods

• Knowing how to access and use the ASP.NET intrinsic objects

This chapter discusses various state management features provided by ASP.NET, including client-side techniques and server-side techniques. This chapter also discusses the ASP.NET intrinsic objects available via the Page class. Finally, this chapter demonstrates how various methods are used to navigate from one page to another and compares those methods.