The Web server sits waiting for a client to ask for a Web page. Once it detects a request, it establishes the socket, locates the Web page requested and sends it over the Internet to the user's ...

When the browser requests information from the server, the server executes the code and sends the result to the client. The browser then uses this information to create a web page.

Peter walks through a simple Web page that retrieves and updates data on the server to summarize his best practices for creating the client-side portion of an ASP.NET application.