Programming Microsoft Web Forms (Pro Developer)

Conclusion

The examples presented in this chapter, using the new Web site administration tool and login controls, clearly demonstrate that the ASP.NET 2.0 team reached its goal of a 70 percent reduction in code in some cases. I have not done any detailed analysis, but the number of lines of code directly related to user security in the BikeBlogSecured application is minimal, certainly 70 percent less than I would have expected were this an ASP.NET 1.x application.

In the next chapter, I will offer a brief overview of integrating a Web site into a Windows Forms application. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 also includes HtmlDocument and WebBrowser classes for Windows Forms applications. By using these classes, you can quickly create a Web browser of your own. In addition, I will take a quick look at other ways to integrate Windows Forms and Web Forms applications.