- ASP.NET WP - Publish
- ASP.NET WP - Security
- ASP.NET WP - Caching
- Add Social Networking to the Website
- ASP.NET WP - Add Search
- ASP.NET WP - Add Email
- ASP.NET WP - Working with Videos
- ASP.NET WP - Working with Images
- ASP.NET WP - Working with Files
- ASP.NET WP - Charts
- ASP.NET WP - WebGrid
- ASP.NET WP - Delete Database Data
- ASP.NET WP - Edit Database Data
- ASP.NET WP - Add Data to Database
- ASP.NET WP - Database
- ASP.NET WP - Page Object Model
- ASP.NET WP - Working with Forms
- ASP.NET WP - Layouts
- ASP.NET WP - Programming Concepts
- ASP.NET WP - Global Pages
- Project Folder Structure
- ASP.NET WP - View Engines
- ASP.NET WP - Getting Started
- ASP.NET WP - Environment Setup
- ASP.NET WP - Overview
- ASP.NET WP - Home
ASP.NET WP Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- Who is Who
- Computer Glossary
- HR Interview Questions
- Effective Resume Writing
- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
ASP.NET WP - Environment Setup
You can start ASP.NET Web Pages development using any one of the following tools −
WebMatrix
Visual Studio
WebMatrix
WebMatrix is a free, pghtweight, easy to install and easy to use set of web development tools that provides the easiest way to build websites. It is a tool that integrates a web page editor, a database utipty, a web server for testing pages, and features for pubpshing your website to the Internet.
It includes IIS Express which is a development web server, ASP.NET and SQL Server Compact, which is an embedded database.
The web pages that you create using WebMatrix can be dynamic.
To program dynamic Web pages, you can use ASP.NET with the Razor syntax and with the C# or Visual Basic programming languages.
If you already have programming tools that you pke, you can try the WebMatrix tools or you can use your own tools to create websites that use ASP.NET such as Visual Studio.
WebMatrix Installation
You can install the WebMatrix from the following pnk −
Download the WebMatrix and double cpck on the WebMatrixWeb.exe and it will start the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
The Web Platform Installer appears, and now it is ready to install WebMatrix.
Cpck Install button to start the WebMatrix installation.
Cpck I Accept to continue the installation.
Once the installation is completed, you will see the following message.
Visual Studio Installation
Microsoft provides a free version of Visual Studio that also contains SQL Server and it can be downloaded from
Step 1 − Once downloading is completed, run the installer. It will display the following dialog.
Step 2 − Cpck Install and it will start installation process.
Step 3 − Once the installation process is completed successfully you will see the following dialog.
Step 4 − Close this dialog and restart your computer if required.
Step 5 − Now open Visual studio from the Start Menu, which will open a below dialog and it will take some time to open for the first time for preparation as shown in the following screenshot.
Step 6 − Once all this is done, you will see the main window of Visual studio.
You can now start ASP.NET Web Pages development.
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