This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Chapter Summary
KEY TERMS
Postback
Roundtrip
ASP.NET Application
Application state
Query string
Cookies
Hidden fields
View state
Session state
In this chapter, you learned how to deal with the disconnected nature of Web applications using the state management techniques provided by ASP.NET. In addition to the traditional client-side state management techniques like query strings, cookies, and hidden variables, ASP.NET provides a new technique called view state. When used carefully, view state can give great benefits; however, careless use of view state can significantly increase the download size of the rendered HTML file.
You also learned about various server-side state management techniques. In particular, ASP.NET provides great improvements over the session state of ASP. Session state in ASP.NET is highly configurable. With small configuration changes, you can support Web farms and cookieless sessions.
I also discussed various ASP.NET intrinsic objects that can be accessed using the properties of the Page class, such as Request, Response, Session, Application, and Server. You experimented with several properties and methods of these objects throughout this chapter.
I also discussed the Response.Redirect(), Server.Transfer(), and Server.Execute() methods for implementing navigation from one page to another, as well as the advantages and limitations of each of these methods.