ASP.Net WebMatrix - Publish Your Site

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http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/web-development-101-part-9-deploying-your-site

Points of notice :

• Suggested site - cytanium is no longer free. I have used   http://labs.discountasp.net/ for free hosting

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ASP.Net WebMatrix - Simple User Interaction

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http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/web-development-101-part-6-creating-an-add-data-page

Points of interest

• WebMatrix has GREAT integration with Visual Studio 2010. You can launch VS and debug e.g. cshtml file - really great !!
• Sending info to the server via browser :

• HTTP POST is used (check this using Site->Requests)
• HTML form is used
• The server must identify the POST verb and process. Here it insert user inputs into a database 

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ASP.Net WebMatrix - Using Data Base

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http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/web-development-101-part-5-using-data

Points of notice

• Very nice integration of database in WebMatrix to allow easy database\table creation
• Reuse of the layout that was done before using Razor and cshtml
• Very simple access of database using Razor ( http://www.w3schools.com/razor/default.asp)

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ASP.Net WebMatrix - Using Layouts

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http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/web-development-101-part-4-using-layout


Points of notice

• Server\Client programming (See nice video about server\client programming  http://www.killerphp.com/videos/serverside_programming_languages/serverside_programming_languages.html)
• Dynamic web page :

• cshtml file - HTML + C#\VB code
• Razor  (layout reuse)
• Run cshtml file and _PageStart.cshtml is invoked autmatically 

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ASP.Net WebMatrix - Getting some styles

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http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/web-development-101-part-3-getting-some-style

What is style ?

• font , color ...

Contents :

• Divider
• Hyperlink
• Header and footer
• Page look and feel - CSS

• Remarks :

• Note that class Title is NOT related to title , one could use Title1 instead
•  WebMatrix supports external css file

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ASP.Net WebMatrix - Create your first Web Page

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http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/web-development-101-part-2-create-your-first-web-page

Comments :

• Very simple way to create web site
• A single default.cshtml file is created , run will  launch it :

• Site->Request : notice the IIS Express error relating to favicon.ico. 

• Adding the file favicon (use e.g.  http://www.favicon.co.uk/ ) will eliminate the error and you will get web icon
• It is possible to launch the site using different web browser from within the WebMatrix ! 

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Introduction to ASP.Net WebMatrix

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ASP.Net supports three approaches to build web sites :

• Web Forms
• MVC
• Web Pages

Microsoft has a nice tool for Web Pages called WebMatrix :
http://www.asp.net/web-pages

This tool make it very easy build, test and deploy web sites. It integrate data base and programming frameworks into a single experience.

see e.g.:

• http://www.asp.net/web-pages/videos/introduction/5-minute-introduction-to-aspnet-web-pages
• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/06/introducing-webmatrix.aspx
• Excelent tutorials + videos !! :  http://www.microsoft.com/web/post/web-development-101-using-webmatrix
• forum :  http://forums.iis.net/1166.aspx

Tips :

• Note that you might get hanging problem during installation of the WebMatrix. See e.g.  http://www.kevinlabranche.com/blog/WebMatrixInstallHangsOnSQLCLRTypesWithWebPI3.aspx for possible solution. 

            






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