Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5

Conclusion

In this chapter, we covered some basic objects that are the foundation of ASP.NET programming—Server, Response, Request, and others. An ASP.NET application is represented by an instance of the HttpApplication class properly configured by the contents of the global.asax file. And both the HttpApplication class and the global.asax file found their space in this chapter too.

While discussing the interface of the objects that generate the context of an HTTP request, we reviewed in detail some specific programming issues such as the instantiation of late-bound COM objects, server-side page redirection, and the setup of response filters. In the next chapter, we'll discuss an important topic related to Web applications and ASP.NET—state management. ...