Chapter 1 An introduction to ASP.NET web programming
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An introduction to ASP.NETweb programming
This chapter introduces you to the basic concepts of web programming andASP.NET. Here, you
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ll learn how web applications work and what softwareyou need for developing ASP.NET web applications. You
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ll also see how theHTML code for a web form is coordinated with the Visual Basic code thatmakes the web form work the way you want it to. When you finish this chapter,you
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ll have the background you need for developing web applications of yourown.
An introduction to web applications....................................4
Two pages of a Shopping Cart application.....................................................4The hardware and software components for web applications......................6How static web pages work............................................................................8How dynamic web pages work.....................................................................10How state is handled in ASP.NET applications............................................12
An introduction to ASP.NET application development.....14
The software you need..................................................................................14The components of the .NET Framework....................................................16Three environments for developing ASP.NET applications.........................18
A quick preview of how an ASP.NET application works...20
The files used by the Shopping Cart application..........................................20The aspx code for the Order form................................................................22The Visual Basic code for the Order form....................................................24How an ASP.NET application is compiled and run......................................26
Perspective............................................................................28
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