Key Points

  • The essence of the Web is client-server interaction. Browsers send requests to Web servers, and Web servers send responses to browsers.

  • Creating a new Web project in Visual Studio is largely a matter of selecting the proper template. However, you must provide a location on a suitably configured Web server.

  • An ASP.NET Web project is an Internet Information Services (IIS) application on the Web server. If the FrontPage server extensions are installed on the Web server, an ASP.NET Web project is also a FrontPage web.

  • Visual Studio provides a Web Forms Designer that’s roughly comparable to the Windows Form Designer. The Web Forms Designer, however, works within the confines of HTML.

  • Visual Studio stores the HTML layout for a Web form in ...

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