C# 7.0 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 4

Leveraging the .NET Framework

IN THIS CHAPTER

Performing standard ASP.NET website tasks

Using ASP.NET security

Managing files and cookies

Tracing and debugging

ASP.NET and the .NET Framework are different. ASP.NET has a dependency on the .NET Framework, but it is really defined as the collection of controls that are in Chapter 3 of this minibook, plus others. The .NET Framework brings a different set of tools.

The controls that are in ASP.NET are user-experience focused. They focus on the way the user views the application. The tools that are in the .NET Framework are transport focused — that is, focused on passing information back and forth between client and server. If you look at the System.Web namespace (which is where most of these bits are stored), you’ll quickly see that most of the classes within start with “Http.” There is a reason for that: HTTP is the transport protocol.

This is important because manipulating the information that goes back and forth between the client and the server is the first and best way to do anything off-trail in a web application. Whenever ...