Web Pages is the simplest programming model for developing ASP.NET web pages.
It provides an easy way to combine HTML,
CSS, JavaScript and server code:
- Easy to learn, understand, and use
- Built around single web pages
- Similar to PHP and Classic ASP
- Server scripting with Visual Basic or C#
- Full HTML, CSS, and JavaScript control
Web Pages is easy extendable with programmable Web Helpers, including
database, video, graphics, social
networking and much more.
Web Forms
Web Forms is the oldest ASP.NET programming model, with event driven
web pages written as a combination of HTML, server controls, and
server code. Web Forms are compiled and executed on the server, which generates
the HTML that displays the web pages.Web Forms comes with hundreds of different web controls and web components to
build user-driven web sites with data access.
MVC
MVC is a framework for building web applications using a MVC (Model View
Controller) design:
- The Model represents the application core
(for instance a list of
database records).
- The View displays the data
(the database records).
- The Controller handles the input
(to the database records).
The MVC model also provides full control over HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
The Model is the part of the application that handles the logic for the
application data.
Often model objects retrieve data (and store data) from a
database.
The View is the parts of the application that handles the display of the
data.
Most often the views are created from the model data.
The Controller is the part of the application that handles user
interaction.
Typically controllers read data from a view, control user input, and send
input data
to the model.
The MVC separation helps you manage complex applications, because you can
focus on one aspect a time. For example, you can focus on the view without
depending on the business logic. It also makes it easier to test an application.
The MVC separation also simplifies group development. Different developers
can work on the view, the controller logic, and the business logic in parallel.
Razor
Razor is a markup syntax that
lets you embed server-based code (Visual Basic and C#) into web pages.
Server-based code can create dynamic web content on the fly, while a web page
is written to the browser. When a web page is called, the server executes the
server-based code inside the page before it returns the page to the browser. By
running on the server, the code can perform complex tasks, like accessing
databases.
Razor is based
on ASP.NET, and designed
for creating web applications. It has the power of traditional ASP.NET markup,
but it is easier to use, and easier to learn.
