LI.Net UG - Getting to know ViewState

ViewState is that part of ASP.Net we all have a love/hate relationship with, but it's not as bad as many think once you get to know it. In this presentation Tech Software's Walden Leverich will take a detailed look at ViewState, what it is and why (and when) we need it. We will look at the two component parts of ViewState, control state and true viewstate, when it's created and processed in the page lifecycle and why it's there at all. We will look at what goes into viewstate (and what doesn't), options for minimizing it, and best practices for its usage both pre and post ASP.Net 4.0. Options for decoding viewstate to see what's inside will be presented as well as settings you can use to prevent tampering and even decoding along with their implications. We will also look at Tech's ViewState in SQL product, what it does, why you'd want to use it, and most importantly, how it does what it does; we'll look at the code that makes it tick.