Chapter 14

Applications with ASP.NET, MVC, JavaScript and HTML

What's in this chapter?

Visual Studio Tools for Web Development

Web Development using Web Forms

Web Development using Web Pages and Razor

Web Development using ASP.NET MVC

Web Development using HTML and JavaScript

Windows 8 Style App Development using HTML and JavaScript

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ASP.NET is a Web application framework (built on top of the .NET framework) that enables you to build powerful, secure, and dynamic applications in a highly productive environment. Over their 10-year lifetime, ASP.NET and the associated Visual Studio tools have changed quite a bit to keep up with the evolution of technologies and practices around Web development. Major additions to the framework like the provider model, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, the Web API, ASP.NET Web Pages, and the Razor view engine have enabled Web developers on the Microsoft platform to build applications that meet the needs and expectations of today's consumer. However the addition of these technologies presents a bit of problem: you need to understand each well enough to decide if and when you should use them.

The goal of this chapter is to introduce you to different frameworks and technologies available within ASP.NET and Visual Studio and to provide you with enough information to enable you to decide which you'd like to explore further.