Comments in HTML come in handy to temporarily remove site content. As ASP.NET developers, we have HTML comments available to use. In any ASPX markup file you can simply use the comment notation. read more

As an ASP.NET developer you have undoubtedly seen controls with their runat property set to the value server. Other than being a required property, what does that property really mean? read more

In part 1 of Validating Drop Downs In ASP.NET we discussed how to use the Required Field Validator to provide responsive client side validation of form controls without directly writing JavaScript. In this post we are going to discuss how to allow postbacks without validating form controls. read more

User input validation is an important component in any user interface. In the realm of web development a response UI is extremely important to the users experience.

If you are like myself, programming in JavaScript does not come easily to you. Fortunately, ASP.NET contains several validator controls that allow for client side form validation without you having to program any JavaScript.

Take for example a simple drop down control.

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlSampleDropDown" runat="server"> <asp:ListItem Value="">--please select one--</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem Value="1">Apples</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem Value="2">oranges</asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList> read more

The community technology preview of MVC (Model-View-Control) extensions for ASP.NET is now available for download from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A9C6BC06-B894-4B11-8300-35BD2F8FC908&displaylang=en read more