Web Parts

WebParts give us the option of dragging and dropping of objects on a page as well as, changing titles and border style properties of objects at runtime. Before the introduction of WebParts it was used to be a hectic task because we had to write a lot of JavaScript and had to save the state of objects in a database.

There are two basic things in WebParts:

* WebPart manager

* WebPart zones



* WebPart manager

The WebPartManager is the manager for all webparts. If you use webparts in your web projects you are required to use the WebPartManager. Usually you just drag and drop this into your webform and are ready to go.

* WebPart zones

There are four kinds of zones in webpart zones:

ü WebPart Zone

ü Editor Zone

ü Catalog Zone

ü Connection Zone


Reference: http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/aspnet/UsingWebPartsInASPNet20.aspx