An Overview of the GridView Control

http://www.readol.net/books/computer/dotnet/A.First.Look.At.ASP.Dot.NET.v.2.0/0321228960_ch04lev1sec1.html

Simon Evans' Blog : Data binding to objects using the ObjectDataSource control in ASP.net 2.0

Databinding in ASP.NET 2.0 using GridView and ObjectDataSource

Nice article. Easy to read and useful info.

ASP.NET 2.0 Page Lifecycle methods

Source:
ASP.NET 2.0 Internals

Method	Active
Constructor	Always
Construct	Always
TestDeviceFilter	Always
AddParsedSubObject	Always
DeterminePostBackMode	Always
OnPreInit	Always
LoadPersonalizationData	Always
InitializeThemes	Always
OnInit	Always
ApplyControlSkin	Always
ApplyPersonalization	Always
OnInitComplete	Always
LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium	PostBack
LoadControlState	PostBack
LoadViewState	PostBack
ProcessPostData1	PostBack
OnPreLoad	Always
OnLoad	Always
ProcessPostData2	PostBack
RaiseChangedEvents	PostBack
RaisePostBackEvent	PostBack
OnLoadComplete	Always
OnPreRender	Always
OnPreRenderComplete	Always
SavePersonalizationData	Always
SaveControlState	Always
SaveViewState	Always
SavePageStateToPersistenceMedium	Always
Render	Always
OnUnload	Always

Microsoft testing practises by Scott Guthrie

Scott Guthrie explains how his team develops and test ASP.NET 2.0

More details on Testing ASP.NET 2005

Scott Guthrie:
...
We currently have approximately 1.4 testers for every 1 developer.
...

Tracking Bugs

Visual Studio 2005 Beta Home

Visual Studio 2005 beta home

How to fix problem with access to application log from ASP.NET

How to fix problem with access to application log from ASP.NET
If you get error:
"Requested registry access is not allowed"
during "EventLog.WriteEntry" operation, then do this:
1) Create win application which will create Event Source for application log:
EventLog.CreateEventSource
Example:
=====
private void TestForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource("LogName", "Application");
}
=====

2) You must have Administrator's privileges on the computer which will be used as Web Server (your ASP.NET code will log into Application log of this computer).
3) Execute "EventLog.CreateEventSource" piece of code.
4) Your Web-application must use only this "LogName" source in "EventLog.WriteEntry" method call.

SMTP Authentication in ASP.NET

Do you want to send email in ASP.NET and your SMTP server requires SMTP authentication?

Here is the code to do that:
=======================
public static void SendMail(
string mailTo,
string mailFrom,
string mailSubject,
string mailBody,
string mailCc,
string mailBcc,
string smtpServer,
string userName,
string password)
{
System.Web.Mail.MailMessage mailMessage = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();
mailMessage.From = mailFrom;
mailMessage.To = mailTo;
mailMessage.Subject = mailSubject;
mailMessage.Body = mailBody;
mailMessage.Cc = mailCc;
mailMessage.Bcc = mailBcc;
mailMessage.BodyFormat = System.Web.Mail.MailFormat.Text;

const int cdoBasic = 1;
const int cdoSendUsingPort = 2;

mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", cdoBasic);
mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", userName);
mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", password);
mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing", cdoSendUsingPort);
mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver", smtpServer);
mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout", 10);
mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport", 25);
mailMessage.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl", false);

System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.Send(mailMessage);
}
=======================

Original snippet is from here:
SMTP Authentication in ASP.NET