Hi all

Microsoft has released a FREE ASP.NET development environment and
development web server called the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix. Scott
Guthrie announced its release earlier today. Below is a copy of his
announcement. The Web Matrix homepage is at www.asp.net/webmatrix.

Wrox is happy to join in with this give-away bonanza with a free 72-page
online book by ASP-aces David Sussman and Alex Homer! "Inside ASP.NET Web
Matrix" is available as an Adobe Acrobat document from www.asp.net/webmatrix
(the link on the left hand side).

A few people in the Wrox offices have been previewing this product for
several months, and they love it. :)

I really recommend that all ASP.NET users give this development environment
and the online book a try.

Regards,

David Barnes
Editor, Wrox Press

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Guthrie [mailto:scottgu@m...]
Sent: 17 June 2002 22:45
To: aspngcommunity
Subject: [aspngcommunity] Announcing the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix
Project -- A New Free ASP.NET Development Tool


I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new development
tool for building web applications - the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix
Project (technology preview release).

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!

You can download the tool today from http://www.asp.net  Available on
the site are screenshots and an interactive walkthrough.  There is also
a link to a new "Inside ASP.NET Web Matrix" book available to freely
read online from Wrox press. 

Key features of ASP.NET Web Matrix:

-- ASP.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. 

-- 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, Listservs and
Newsgroups for help.

We hope you enjoy the tool half as much as we did building it. :-)

Thanks,

Microsoft ASP.NET Team

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Hi

Just to let you know Alex Homer has kicked off a separate list for Web
Matrix users: http://p2p.wrox.com/list.asp?list=aspx_web_matrix

This will be an area to talk about Web Matrix specific issues, such as using
its code reuse features and other cool stuff to the full, getting around its
limitations, and more. General ASP.NET stuff will still probably be best
served on this list, but there's plenty of Matrix features that deserve
their own forum.

Clearly Alex is quite an authority on using this tool -- he's already
written a book about it. :) I'll be keeping my eye on it too, although I
must admit I'm a beginner.

By the way, if you've been struggling to use ASP.NET on XP Home, Matrix
could be the answer because it comes with its own web server.

Cheers

David

Editor, Wrox Press

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Barnes [mailto:DavidB@w...]
> Sent: 18 June 2002 11:59
> To: aspx_beginners
> Subject: [aspx_beginners] Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix 
> Project -- A New
> Free ASP.NET Develo pment Tool
> 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Microsoft has released a FREE ASP.NET development environment and
> development web server called the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix. Scott
> Guthrie announced its release earlier today. Below is a copy of his
> announcement. The Web Matrix homepage is at www.asp.net/webmatrix.
> 
> Wrox is happy to join in with this give-away bonanza with a 
> free 72-page
> online book by ASP-aces David Sussman and Alex Homer! "Inside 
> ASP.NET Web
> Matrix" is available as an Adobe Acrobat document from 
> www.asp.net/webmatrix
> (the link on the left hand side).
> 
> A few people in the Wrox offices have been previewing this product for
> several months, and they love it. :)
> 
> I really recommend that all ASP.NET users give this 
> development environment
> and the online book a try.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David Barnes
> Editor, Wrox Press
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Guthrie [mailto:scottgu@m...]
> Sent: 17 June 2002 22:45
> To: aspngcommunity
> Subject: [aspngcommunity] Announcing the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix
> Project -- A New Free ASP.NET Development Tool
> 
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new 
> development
> tool for building web applications - the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix
> Project (technology preview release).
> 
> 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!
> 
> You can download the tool today from http://www.asp.net  Available on
> the site are screenshots and an interactive walkthrough.  
> There is also
> a link to a new "Inside ASP.NET Web Matrix" book available to freely
> read online from Wrox press. 
> 
> Key features of ASP.NET Web Matrix:
> 
> -- ASP.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. 
> 
> -- 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, Listservs and
> Newsgroups for help.
> 
> We hope you enjoy the tool half as much as we did building it. :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Microsoft ASP.NET Team
> 
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