CONTENTS
Summary .....................................................................................................................1333
Part VIII: ASP.NET Web Forms ..........................................................................1335
Chapter 32: Introducing ASP.NET Web Forms...................................................1337
The Role of HTTP .........................................................................................................1337
The HTTP Request/Response Cycle.................................................................................................... 1337
HTTP Is a Stateless Protocol............................................................................................................... 1338
Understanding Web Applications and Web Servers.....................................................1338
The Role of IIS Virtual Directories....................................................................................................... 1339
The ASP.NET Development Web Server.............................................................................................. 1339
The Role of HTML.........................................................................................................1340
HTML Document Structure ................................................................................................................. 1340
The Role of an HTML Form ................................................................................................................. 1341
The Visual Studio HTML Designer Tools ............................................................................................. 1342
Building an HTML Form ...................................................................................................................... 1344
The Role of Client-Side Scripting.................................................................................1346
A Client-Side Scripting Example......................................................................................................... 1347
Posting Back to the Web Server ..................................................................................1348
Postbacks Under ASP.NET.................................................................................................................. 1349
An Overview of the ASP.NET API..................................................................................1349
Major Features of ASP.NET 2.0 and Higher ........................................................................................ 1350
Major Features of ASP.NET 3.5 (and .NET 3.5 SP1) and Higher.......................................................... 1351
Major Features of ASP.NET 4.0 and 4.5.............................................................................................. 1352
Building a Single-File ASP.NET Web Page...................................................................1352
Referencing AutoLotDAL.dll................................................................................................................ 1354
Designing the UI ................................................................................................................................. 1354
Adding the Data Access Logic ............................................................................................................ 1355
The Role of ASP.NET Directives.......................................................................................................... 1358
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