A new article on MSDN about the ASP.NET ViewState. This should be old hat for the seasoned developers, but for anyone just learning ASP.NET you need to know this. It covers:
The ASP.NET Page Life Cycle
The Role of View State
The Cost of View State
How View State is Serialized/Deserialized
Specifying Where to Store the View State Information (see how to store it in a file on the Web server )
Programmatically Parsing the View State
View State and Security Implications
Check it out here.
Posted by David Hayden, Sarasota Website Development