Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5

Create an ASP.NET Web Site Project

Let's go further and create a sample ASP.NET Web site project with Visual Studio 2008. You first create a new Web site by choosing the corresponding command on the File, New menu. The dialog box that appears prompts you for the

If you select the Web Site option, Visual Studio generates the minimum number of files for building a Web site. Basically, it creates a default .aspx page and an empty App_Data directory. The root directory of the site implicitly defines a Web project. Any file or folder added or created under the root is automatically part of the project.

Page Design Features

The ASP.NET front end of an application can include several types of entities, the most important of which are pages. To edit a Web ...