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POUsing Web User Controls instead of Web Forms
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    copied!<p>I've been using ASP.NET (C#) for the past two years. I have learned so much but there is still much more to learn :)</p> <p>I've used MasterPages, 'Web User Controls' for things like headers, navigation, footers etc.</p> <p>One thing I have never truly understood is the practice of using 'Web User Controls' for your content and logic;</p> <pre><code>Home.aspx ------ Home.ascx AboutUs.aspx ----- AboutUs.ascx Ordering.aspx ---- Ordering.acsx </code></pre> <p>I've been working with a few projects over the last few months that use this structure. I am aware that this is actually common practice but I don't really understand the full benefits.</p> <p>I remember when I tried this approach before and ended up having awful viewstate problems with controls like the Gridview... once I took all the logic out and placed it into a .aspx page everything worked fine.</p> <p>I realise now that maybe I needed to add the Gridview to the viewstate collection... but this only reinforces my difficulty into understanding why this approach is used - given the viewstate problem.</p> <p>I fully understand the advantages of 'Web User Controls' in relation to things like Headers, menus, footers etc... anywhere that involves duplication but the projects I've seen have pages/controls that are pretty specific - in other words its unlikely to be reused anywhere else - the aspx page just contains a control (.ascx) with the content and logic and it will only be used on that page, nowhere else.</p> <p><strong>Ignoring 'Code Reuse', what other benefits does this approach provide?</strong></p>
 

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