Part One: Introduction
ASP.NET Web Matrix is a free easy to use ASP.NET Editor from Microsoft Corp.
It has some facilities of Visual Studio.net. It looks like the image shown below when
ASP.NET Web Matrix loads.
System Requirements: Windows 2000 or Windows XP
The .net Framework SDK installed.
Internet Explorer 6.0
MDAC 2.7
ASP.NET WebMatrix
To download your free copy of WebMatrix, please visit
ASP.NET WebMatrix Project originally started up as basically an editor. It later began to evolve as a development tool to be used by ASP.NET Developers.
We can learn more about ASP.NET WebMatrix in the following sections.
From now I will be referring to ASP.NET WebMatrix as WebMatrix only.
WebMatrix now supports only C# and VB.NET code. It may be a pleasure for all aspiring .net web developers. In this section of the article I will show you the look and feel of WebMatrix and how it compares to its cousin Microsoft Visual Studio.net 2003.
1) The User Interface
1) Our First Page in WebMatrix
In the above figure, we see the code window. What does it do? Lets find out.
The above code is written in VB.NET, as many of us are comfortable with that J.
The form will load and will ask the user and ask them to enter his/her name. Once the name is entered, a Message Box will be displayed.
For the sake of the article I have stuck with Developer IQ.
This will be the output.
This wraps up our section on WebMatrix Part 1. Next month I will show u on how to play around with databases in WebMatrix
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