Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours

Chapter 2. Understanding the ASP.NET Programming Model

In this hour, we will cover

• A quick primer on HTML semantics and syntax, including a look at XHTML

• What content belongs in the HTML and source code portions of an ASP.NET web page

• Using Visual Web Developer to create new ASP.NET websites and web pages

• Adding Web controls to the HTML portion of an ASP.NET web page

• Specifying the functionality of an ASP.NET page through server-side source code

• Viewing an ASP.NET page through a web browser

Before we can start creating ASP.NET web pages, it is important that we have a solid understanding of the ASP.NET programming model. As we’ll see in this hour, ASP.NET web pages are composed of two portions: a source code portion and an HTML portion. In this hour’s ...