variables lifetime...

[Speedy]

Hello, I am new to this forum as well as new with .Net.

I worked with asp before and the only way to keep variables living was session variables...Is it the same way with .Net...then whats the point with the aspx.vb file ?
Many of the tutorials Ive been through are still putting the code in the aspx page where you dont have the useful help as in aspx.vb file. I thought the point of having that file was to make the code easier. Does anyone have a suggestion foor a good book that teaches ASP.Net in the "Right Way". Or have I got it all wrong...

Thank You all
Speedy

 

[hrabia]

"ASP.Net Step by Step" by Microsoft
(title is not accurate, this book covers also advanced topics).
I have used this book prepering to MCP Exam.

 

[bungpeng]

You are right, many book use aspx file without aspx.vb, but there are some advantages of using aspx.vb (so called code-behind) compare with aspx (normal ASP way).

For exmaple: you can separate your UI and logic; hide your source, because the source in code-behind will compile to dll file, so you just deploy the dll file without the asp.vb file; furthermore, performance of code-behind is faster compare with aspx file....

You can still use "Application", "Session" or "Cookies" as what you did in ASP....

Read this forum more frequently, then you know better about ASP.NET... haha....