Wise ASP - ASP+ Web Forms ?

ASP+ Web Forms

  Intended as a logical evolution of ASP (ASP+ provides syntax compatibility with existing pages), the ASP+ Web Forms Framework has been specifically designed to address a number of key deficiencies with the previous model. In particular:

• The ability to create and use reusable UI controls that can encapsulate common functionality and reduce the code a page developer has to write.
• The ability for developers to cleanly structure their page logic in an orderly -- non-"spaghetti code" - fashion.

  ASP+ Web Form Pages are text files with a .aspx filename extension. They can be deployed throughout an IIS virtual root directory tree. When a browser client requests .aspx resources, the ASP+ runtime parses and compiles the target file into a NGWS class. This class can then be used to dynamically process incoming requests (note that a .aspx file is only compiled the first time it is accessed -- the compiled type instance is reused across multiple requests).

Using ASP <% %> Render Blocks

   ASP+ Pages provide syntax compatibility with existing ASP Pages. This includes support for <% %> code render blocks that can be intermixed with HTML content within a .aspx file. These code blocks execute in a top-down manner at page render time.
Important: Unlike ASP, the code used within the above <% %> blocks is compiled -- not interpreted using a script engine. This results in improved runtime execution performance. ASP+ Page developers can utilize <% %> code blocks to dynamically modify HTML output much like they can today with ASP.

Introduction to ASP+ Server Controls

  In addition to (or instead of) using ASP <% %> code blocks to program dynamic content, ASP+ Page developers can now leverage ASP+ Server Controls to program web pages. Server controls are declared within a .aspx file using custom tags that contain a runat=server attribute value.
Important: Note that these server controls automatically maintain any client-entered values between round-trips to the server. This control state is not stored on the server (it is instead stored within a form field that is round-tripped between requests). Note also that no client-side script is required on the client.

Lists, Data, and Databinding

  ASP+ ships with a built-in set of data grid and list controls. These can be used to provide custom UI driven from queries against a database or other datasource.