Visual Basic® .NET by Example

Chapter 35. Introduction to Web Forms

The chapters in this part of the book are dedicated to teaching the basis of developing distributed applications that run on the World Wide Web (or, in short, Web applications). We'll discuss the following topics:

• Fundamental concepts

• The first Web application

• The Web Forms properties and methods

• Controls used on Web Forms

• The event model of a Web Form

We will start by looking at the fundamental concepts required to understand how a Web application works. We will compare a Web application with a normal Visual Basic .NET application and point out the common characteristics and the major differences.

Next you will create a simple Web application, consisting of one Web Form (one page), and you will compile and run ...