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WebMatrix: Your Web Made Easy
Ken Casada
Developer Evangelist
Microsoft Switzerland
[email protected]
http://blogs.msdn.com/swiss_dpe_team/Default.aspx
What is WebMatrix?
Create
Customize
Publish
WebMatrix includes
Web Server
Web Framework
Database
Who is WebMatrix for?
• Students, New developers
– for quickly building websites with ASP.NET
• Professional Developers
– for your non daily-job
– for a “quick&dirty” solution
 Task Oriented: “I just need something done!”
• Developers who build small/medium sites for others
– Acquire an App, customize and deploy
Anatomy of WebMatrix
SQL Server
Compact
Edition 4
IIS Express
ASP.NET Web
Pages &
Razor syntax
Deploying with WebMatrix
• Discover, browse and find a «WebMatrix verified» Web
Hoster
• WebMatrix offer built-in publishing support
• FTP, FTPs
• WebDeploy
WebMatrix Launch Partners
1 Year Free* Hosting www.academiczone.ch
*Special terms of use apply
Many available Helpers ...
• Security:
– WebSite membership
– Recaptcha support
 preventing automated programs
from registering with your website
• Video support (Silverlight, Flash, MediaPlayer)
• Image elaboration (thumbnail image, uploading image,…)
• Bing: embed bing search box into your website
• Chart: renders more than 30 types of charts
• Social Networking
– Linking your Website on Social Networking Sites
– Adding a Twitter Feed
– Rendering a Gravatar Image
– Displaying a Facebook “Like” Button
• PayPal
• And more….
Installing ASP.NET Helpers
• Run a page in your site
• In the browser’s URL box, replace the name of the page
with _Admin (first time you are required to create a pw)
 http://localhost:8080/_Admin
Creating custom helpers
• In the root folder of the web site, create a folder
named App_Code
• In the App_Code folder create a new .cshtml file called
MyHelpers.cshtml.
• Replace the content with
@helper MakeNote(string content) {
<div class="note" style="border: 1px solid black; width: 90%; padding:
5px; margin-left: 15px;">
<p>
<strong>Note</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; @content
</p>
</div>
}
• Use the helper: @MyHelpers . MakeNote("My test note content")
WebMatrix supported platform
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Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Vista SP1 or later
Windows XP SP3
Windows Server 2003 SP2
More info...
• Download WebMatrix (available in 9 languages)
http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/download
• WebMatrix tutorial available www.asp.net/webmatrix/tutorials
• 1 Year Free* Hosting www.academiczone.ch
*Special terms of use apply
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