Compare and contrast the HTTP to HTML journey in ASP.NET Web Forms & ASP.NET MVC

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I am trying to make sense of the complete cycle from the point when a user issues a request from the browser to the point response is rendered for both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC.

UPDATE:

Specifically, the concept of Page LifeCycle does not exist in ASP.NET MVC.

If the answer compares both these technologies from that view point it would be great.

2012-04-04 21:05
by Observer
Have you tried looking it up? This is all rather well documented, try buying a book - CrazyDart 2012-04-04 21:08
@CrazyDart I want this Q to show up when someone else eventually looks this up. Everything is well documented in life, even smart-alec comments like yours. The thing is to articulate it in a simple manner. Just watch out for the answers by the gurus here...and then you'll kno - Observer 2012-04-04 21:13


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That's an awful lot to ask for a simple question on a Q & A Forum site. It is pretty close to the definition of "not a real question" per the guidelines of the site:

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form

It is a real question in most senses, and a good one, but it is overly broad for a simple answer.

However, in the spirit of trying to be helpful, here are a few links that might be helpful:

How ASP.NET works

ASP.NET Page Lifecycle

How ASP.NET MVC Works

How web servers work

Personally, I like the explanation that came out in the older books from when ASP.NET and .NET in general were "the new thing". Every one of them did a good job of explaining the difference between static HTML and "dynamic" technologies like CGI, classic ASP, JSP, and then went into how ASP.NET works. Beginning ASP.NET 1.0 with C# from Wrox was the first book I read on the subject.

2012-04-04 21:12
by David
Great answer +1 : - IrishChieftain 2012-04-04 21:26
@David Thanks! See my update... hope that makes this a manageable chunk as opposed an awful lot : - Observer 2012-04-04 22:54
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