Chapter 5. Web Parts

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Creating a visual web part
  • Creating a code-only web part (sandboxed solution)
  • Creating AJAX enabled web parts
  • Adding configuration properties to web parts
  • Creating connectable web parts
  • Creating a Silverlight web part

Introduction

Today's web pages are very dynamic showing different information. Usually this is done by dividing up the web page into multiple regions. For example, a portal can show news in one region and weather information in another. These regions occupy some portion of the web page and provide unique functionality to end users. End users also have opportunities to customize these regions like adding them to a different location in the web page or entirely removing them from the page. ...

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