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Info on Web Application Compilation Model vs Web Site model.

Can anyone please give me a nice, expert but concise summary the ASP.NET compilation model with the older, code-behind style, web applications?

I'm fairly familiar with the newer web site model, using partial classes and on-demand compilation, but I'm curious as to how ASP.NET marries the front-deployed ASPX pages to the pre-compiled code behind. Does it still do on-demand compilation of the ASPX's, but reference code behind, or what?

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The code-behind acted as a base class. The aspx part could still have on-demand compilation. The codebehind classes where compiled to a dll.

eglasius  2009-03-04 22:59:34
What do you mean with 'could have on demand compilation? Can web applications also be pre-compiled like web sites? That is the only scenario I see where no on-demand compilation would take place, except for .aspx with no server tags.
ProfK  2009-03-05 19:10:14
yes, they can be pre-compiled, when you do that the aspx on the deployed version are pretty much empty place holders (one line).
eglasius  2009-03-05 19:30:27

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