Summary

As you can see, Microsoft has added some powerful features to VB .NET. No longer do you have to go into another tool to create your Web applications. In Visual Studio .NET, you have a powerful HTML editor and a host of controls to handle everything from static HTML to form validation to data binding.

Microsoft has removed much of the programming challenge you faced when handling events over the Web. By and large, you code your applications just as you would any Windows application, and they will work fine.

However, there are some issues that are clearly different when building Web applications. For example, state issues still require some planning and forethought. Many of the controls you use are still not as powerful as the native Windows controls. And accessing resources on the user's machine, such as reading or writing to files, is not always permitted.

Still, Visual Studio .NET represents a huge leap forward in the ability to easily create event-driven Web applications. The next chapter carries that improvement a step further.