Summary
In this chapter, you have seen how Visual Studio provides a set of design tools to aid in the creation of Web Forms applications. We used the design surface and the source window to create a simple interface, and employed the CSS tools to style controls. We also used the design tools to wire up an event handling method, obviating the need to handle form posts directly.
You have seen that the Web Forms abstraction is leaky, meaning that you must have at least some knowledge of the underlying web technologies in order to use the Web Forms UI controls. This is particularly true when it comes to styling, in which a knowledge of CSS is essential. The design tools make using CSS a smoother experience, but you still need to know what CSS is, ...
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