Combine information from several .net web form applications

fp2021 21 Reputation points
2021-06-15T13:28:17+00:00

We have several web form applications that were developed using .NET 4.0 framework. There is a need to now have some of the information from several web applications displayed in one common place/application. What would be the best option for this scenario? Should we create a new .NET web application in VS 2019 that pulls existing information via web services or web APIs?

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  1. Duane Arnold 3,211 Reputation points
    2021-06-15T15:36:27.28+00:00

    IMHO, you should be using an ASP.NET Core Razor page project that is not unlike using a Web form, because it has a page like code behind file for a given cshtml page, and anyway ASP.NET Webform is legacy technology.

    Web service are legacy technology, and you should also be looking into use ASP.NET Core MVC WebAPI along with EF Core being used behind the WebAPI with the DAO pattern.

    https://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2013/01/data-access-object-dao-design-pattern-java-tutorial-example.html

    The DTO pattern can also be used between the Razor MVC client and WebAPI.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/data/using-web-api-with-entity-framework/part-5

    https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1050468/Data-Transfer-Object-Design-Pattern-in-Csharp

    Understand the Models, since a Razor page project uses the MVC pipe line.

    https://deviq.com/terms/kinds-of-models

    https://www.dotnettricks.com/learn/mvc/understanding-viewmodel-in-aspnet-mvc

    An example Razor page solution using WebAPI doing CRUD with EF.

    DM = domain object and VM = view model.

    https://github.com/darnold924/PubCompanyCore3.x

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2016/may/asp-net-writing-clean-code-in-asp-net-core-with-dependency-injection

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/modern-web-apps-azure/architectural-principles

    https://levelup.gitconnected.com/layers-in-software-architecture-that-every-sofware-architect-should-know-76b2452b9d9a

    HTH

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  2. Yijing Sun-MSFT 7,066 Reputation points
    2021-06-16T02:17:14.507+00:00

    Hi @fp2021 ,
    As far as I think,you could create a new web application to combine multiple web apps. It's convenient for migrating codes. In the new application,you could do separation.
    You could a separate folder for each feature and allow all features to share the same masterpages, usercontrols, and configuration file - without having to do anything special.
    Best regards,
    Yijing Sun

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