Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition

32.7. Building a Single File ASP.NET Web Page

As it turns out, an ASP.NET web page can be constructed using one of two approaches, the first of which is to build a single *.aspx file that contains a blend of server-side code and HTML. Using this single-file page model approach, the server-side code is placed within a <script> scope, but the code itself is not script code proper (e.g., VBScript/JavaScript). Rather, the code within a <script> block are written in your .NET language of choice (C#, Visual Basic, etc.).

If you are building a web page that contains very little code (but a good deal of static HTML), a single-file page model may be easier to work with, as you can see the code and the markup in one unified *.aspx file. In addition, placing ...