WebPart Notes - Part 1

1.WebParts are highly customizable and reusable components(contains predefined functionality).

2.Webparts can be developed, deployed and that can be used any no of times in sharepoint site.

3.Generally WebParts are used to display the data from various sources like lists, libraries, forms, search results, and other pages.

4.Extension of WebPart is 
  .dwp (in older versions)
  .webpart (in Moss 2007 and SharePoint 2010)

5.WebParts can be placed within WebPart  zones only.

6.WebPart zone is a container control, we can place different types of controls    like
   1. HTML controls
   2. Webserver controls
   3. Webuser controls
   4. Custom controls
   5. Ajax controls
   6. WebParts controls

7.We can place any no of WebParts n a WebParts one and A single page may contain any no of WebPart zones.

8.There are 3 levels in WebParts.
   1. Creating webpart
   2. Deploying webpart
   3. Use the webpart

9.While creating WebParts, we should inherit the class from "WebPart" base 
   class.
   example: class class1 : WebPart
                {

                   // logic here

                 }

10.What is the difference between Normal page and WebPart page?
Normal page does not contain webpart zone, where as webpart page has WebPart zones.