Chapter 18. Web Applications and Services

In this chapter

Understanding the Web Forms Programming Model

Writing Code Behind a Web Form

Managing Your Web Application Project

Sharing Functionality with Web Services

From Here. . .

In this chapter, we’ll explore two new types of Web projects available in Visual Basic .NET: Web Applications and Web Services. Both types of projects are built on ASP.NET and contain code that executes on a Web server. ASP.NET Web Applications include a new programming model called Web Forms, which promises to make Web development much easier for the developer. Web Services, on the other hand, do not have a user interface, but can be used to expose business functionality to other programs and users via the Internet.

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