Chapter 3. ASP.NET Core Server Controls

 

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

 
 --Confucius

ASP.NET pages are made of code, markup tags, literal text, and server controls. Based on the request, the server controls generate the right markup language. The ASP.NET runtime combines the output of all controls and serves the client a page to display in a browser.

The programming richness of ASP.NET springs from the wide library of server controls that covers the basic tasks of HTML interaction—for example, collecting text through input tags—as well as more advanced functionalities such as grid-based data display. In the ASP.NET world, more advanced and very specific controls ensure all basic tasks and common functionalities ...

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