What is ASP'NET

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Lesson 2

• What is ASP.NET?
• What is Web Matrix?
• What are the features of Web Matrix?
• What is the difference between ASP.NET Web
  Matrix?

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Whats ASP.NET?

• The latest version of ASP is known as ASP.NET
• Visual Studio .NET is a developer application
  used to create ASP.NET Web applications
• There are two main types of Web resources created
  with ASP.NET applications
• WebForms are ASP.NET pages within an ASP.NET
  application
• Web Services are ASP.NET Web pages that contain
  publicly exposed code so that other applications
  can interact with them
• Web Services are identified with the file
  extension .asmx

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How does it work?
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So, whats web matrix?

• ASP.NET Web Matrix is a community-supported,
  easy-to-use WYSIWYG application development tool
  for ASP.NET.  It can be installed via a quick 1.2
  MB download (about 5 minutes using a 56Kb modem).
   Best of all it's absolutely free!

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Web Matrix Features

• SP.NET Page Designer.  Rapidly create ASP.NET
  pages using the rich WYSIWYG designer. Drag and
  drop ASP.NET Server controls from the Toolbox
  onto your page. Select individual server controls
  to get in-place designer editing support as well
  as full property grid customization. Simply
  double-click a server control to get automatic
  event wireup of server event handlers.
• SQL and MSDE Database Management.  Integrated
  support to create and edit SQL and MSDE
  databases. Create new databases, add/edit/delete
  tables and stored procedures, and edit data
  content all directly within the Web Matrix tool.
  Auto-generate ADO.NET code to execute SQL
  statements and stored procedures using built-in
  code builders.
• Easy Data Bound UI Generation.  Web Matrix makes
  it easy to create data bound pages without
  writing code. Drop SQL tables on your page to
  create data-bound grids, or start with Data Page
  templates for reports or Master/Detail pages.
  Code builders help you generate code to select,
  insert, update and delete SQL data.
• XML Web Services Support.  Easily add XML Web
  Service support to your applications. Web Matrix
  provides support for developers to easily expose
  a SOAP-based XML Web Service, as well as call and
  consume a XML Web Service hosted on another
  server.

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More features

• Build Mobile Applications.  Write
  mobile-web-enabled applications for a wide
  variety of mobile devices such as cell phones,
  pagers and PDAs. Web Matrix provides
  drag-and-drop design support for authoring mobile
  pages using ASP.NET and the Mobile Internet
  Toolkit.
• Projectless File and FTP Workspaces.  Web Matrix
  supports both FTP-based and file-based workspaces
  that allow developers to easily organize and edit
  their ASP.NET applications. Simply double-click a
  file within the workspace tree to open it for
  editing. No FrontPage server extensions or
  project system required.
• Development Web Server.  Develop and test your
  ASP.NET applications, without requiring IIS. Web
  Matrix includes a lightweight personal web server
  that serves most web content, including ASP.NET
  pages and XML Web Services, for local requests.
  
• Community Integration.  Web Matrix provides a
  built-in gateway to the ASP.NET community right
  within the IDE -- allowing you to browse
  community web sites and search the ASP.NET Forums
  and Newsgroups for help.

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Programming languages supported

• Visual Basic
• C

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SQL Database

• Web Matrix ships with support for MSDE -- a SQL
  Server Compatible Database Engine

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IIs web server

• Web Matrix does not require IIS on a machine for
  development.  ASP.NET Web Matrix includes its own
  mini-webserver that hosts ASP.NET and can be used
  for local machine development and testing (note
  this web server handles only local machine
  requests -- it does not allow remote machine
  connections). 
• IIS is required for production server deployment
  of ASP.NET web applications developed using Web
  Matrix.

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System Requirements

• ASP.NET Web Matrix is supported on Windows 2000
  (Professional and Server editions) and Windows XP
  (Home, Professional) operating systems.  You must
  have IE 5.5 or greater and the .NET Framework
  installed.

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What does Visual Studio .NET offer that isn't in
ASP.NET Web Matrix?

• Visual Studio .NET is the tool of choice for
  building professional ASP.NET Web applications --
  and includes many, many features not supported by
  ASP.NET Web Matrix.  A short list of these
  additional features include
• Intellisence statement completion support
• Debugging support
• Class designer and library component compilation
  support
• Source control for multi-developer projects
• Support for building Windows Client and NT
  Service applications
• Enterprise Data, Class, XML Schema and Business
  Process Modelling designers
• Many additional features too numerous to list...
• Visual Basic .NET and Visual C .NET Standard
  Editions can be purchased for 106 (suggested
  retail price).