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ASP.NET: Leveraging Visual Studio .NET For Web Projects

Tony GoodhewProduct ManagerMicrosoft Corp

Agenda

Overview of web application concepts

Building a simple application

Adding data to web applications

Developing web applications in a team environment

Deploying your application

Setting Up Development

Install IIS and FPSE on development server

Install .NET Framework and VS.NetFor remote servers can install “Remote Components Setup” instead of all of VS.Net

If installed IIS after .NET Framework/VS.Net Register ASP.NET with IIS: “aspnet_regiis –i”

Re-install “Remote Components Setup”

Add users to VS Developers, Debugger Users

Visual Studio Web Projects

Visual Studio Web ProjectUnit representing a web application

Container for application and session state

Folder under \wwwroot or virtual directory in IIS

Marked as “Application” in IIS

Accessed via Fileshare or Frontpage ExtensionsUse Fileshare – local machine, remote web on local network, team development

Use Frontpage – remote web over internet, remote web not under \wwwroot

ASP.NET Web Forms

A Web Form combines declarative tags (HTML, ASP directives, server controls and static text) with code

Good separation provided between code and tags using “code-behind”

<tags><tags>

Form1.aspForm1.asp

codecode

single filesingle file

<tags><tags>

Form1.aspxForm1.aspx

codecode

Form1.vbForm1.vb

separate filesseparate filesVisual Studio.NET

Web Forms Designer

Drag/Drop WYSIWYG Form Designer

Optional Grid Layout

Double-click to write code behind controls

HTML Designer

HTML and server control statement completion

Color-coding

Auto formatting

Client-event generation

Code Editors

Color-coding

Statement completion

Design-time syntax checking

Server event generation

Simple web applicationCreating web project

Designer features

Integrated debugging

Using virtual directories

Authoring on the “root web”

demodemo

Connecting To Data

Use drag/drop and wizards to add data

Powerful database design toolsTable creation and schema editing

Stored procedure editing and debugging

Query designer

Rich databound UI using ASP.NET controls

Repeating data – Datagrid, Datalist

Core controls – Textbox, Dropdown, etc..

Showing data in a grid

Using the datalist control

2-page master details

demodemo

Team Development

Built-in Source Code Control SupportConnect to Visual Source Safe or any MSCCI provider

Available in Visual Studio Pro and higher

Recommended PracticesEnable multi-user checkout in VSS

Use LocalHost Development

Get/Merge changes before check-in

Same directory structure for all users

Per user development settings using User.ConfigDatabase connection, WebService URL, etc.

Adding to Source Code Control

Enlisting from Source Code Control

Per user development settings

demodemo

Application Deployment

“Copy Project” commandXCopy deployment

Deploy to UNC or FrontPage extended web

Option to remove sources

Web SetupCreates MSI based setup file

Custom install logic (e.g. - database creation)

Uninstall capability

Using Copy Project

Creating a Web Setup

demodemo

Visual Studio .Net 2003

The most productive ASP.NET development environment

Great designers

Powerful data tools

Integrated source code control

Deployment features

Appendix…Appendix…

Community ResourcesCommunity Resources

Try Visual Studio .NET NOW! – [add link here]

Visit http://www.asp.netDownload ASP.NET 1.1

Release notes and whitepapers

700+ Online Quickstart tutorial samples

Starter Kit applications with source

ASP.NET Forums

Community Resources

Community Resourceshttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx

Most Valuable Professional (MVP)http://www.mvp.support.microsoft.com/

NewsgroupsConverse online with Microsoft Newsgroups, including Worldwidehttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

User GroupsMeet and learn with your peershttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/usergroups/default.mspx

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