Some of us have been building ASP.NET applications since the 1.0/1.1 days when we had to think about (and see) all of the event wiring in the code-behind pages. For developers that are learning ASP.NET web development today, some of the event wiring seems like “magic.”
I have mixed feelings about the helpfulness of these tools. On one hand, “magic” is great for helping new .NET developers become productive quickly, but it’s also a hindrance for those times when knowing the full page lifecycle would be useful. It’s good for developers to know what is happening under the covers.
In case you’d like to learn the ASP.NET page lifecycle (or need a link to send to others who are learning), here is a great link that describes the events and how the fit together:
http://www.beansoftware.com/ASP.NET-Tutorials/Page-Life-Cycle.aspx
Thanks for the link, Danny.
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