ASP.NET Page Info

Just couple articles:

• MSDN – The ASP.NET Page Object Model
• 4GuysFromRolla – How ASP.NET Web Pages are Processed on the Web Server

runat="server"

The only way for an ASP.NET page to realize that you are using a server control (like asp:Textbox or input type=”text”) is to have runat=”server” in the control tag. This is very important; forgetting it will cause the ASP.NET engine to pass over the control as HTML.

Send Emails in ASP.NET

The following two resources links shall deem useful:

• System.Net.Mail
• 4GuysFromRolla – Sending Email in ASP.NET 2.0

In addition, the MS tutorial video below also demonstrates a way to send email:

• How Do I: Create a “Contact Us” Page

$get & $find

From Mr. Matt Berseth’s blog… everything you need to know…

The Ever-Useful $get and $find ASP.NET AJAX Shortcut Functions

ASP.NET 3.5

Couple general readings by Scott Mitchell on his 4GuysFromRolla:

•  An Overview of ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008
• Dissecting ASP.NET Version 35′s Web.config File