Chapter 4. Web Form-Based Development

This chapter introduces web forms as the new programming model in ASP.NET. The chapter begins by comparing Web Forms with Classic ASP and takes a brief look at some code and architecture. It also details the page processing stage and object-oriented analysis of the Page class in addition to the separation of user interface and code. It discusses the two types of server controls: HTML controls and Web controls.

This chapter concludes with the discussion of ASP.NET page syntax—the syntax you should know for developing ASP.NET applications.

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