Client Request and Server Response

In a typical Web application, clients request pages and the server sends a response to the client. Managing the content of this request-and-response transaction is the subject of this section. Those that have worked with earlier versions of ASP should use this section as a refresher. You'll find that a lot of what you know about the old object models still holds true in ASP.NET. We think you'll also be pleasantly surprised by some new features, the way the object model has been cleaned up, and the new structure of ASP.NET pages.

Managing User Requests

When users request an ASP.NET page from your Web server, their browsers send data that details the specifics of their request. This request gets wrapped by an ...

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