Web Forms - HTML forms

Web Forms is one of three programming patterns for creating ASP.NET websites and web applications.

The other two programming patterns are Web Pages and MVC (Model View Controller Model-View-Controller).

Web Forms is the oldest ASP.NET programming model and is an event-driven web page that integrates HTML, server controls, and server code.

Web Forms are compiled and executed on the server, and the server generates HTML to display as a web page.

Web Forms - HTML forms syntax

All server controls must appear within a <form> tag, which must contain the runat="server" attribute.

Web Forms - HTML forms example

<form runat="server">
...HTML + server controls
</form>