The slides of my latest presentation for Visug about WebMatrix, Razor syntax, SQL CE and IIS Express.

1. Webmatrix Kris van der Mast @KvdM

2. Who am I? Kris van der Mast Antwerp, Belgium www.ordina.be Focus on web technologies ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, WCF, Silverlight, ... MVP for ASP.NET ASP Insider Find me on forums.asp.net & stackoverflow http://blog.krisvandermast.com http://www.twitter.com/KvdM

3. Agenda What is WebMatrix? Putting things into perspective Razor WebPages Helpers Resources Q&A

4. Webmatrix What is the WebMatrix? WebMatrix SQL CE Webpages IIS Express Web

5. The ASP.NET family ASP.NET Dynamic Data & AJAX Presentation ASP.NET WebForms ASP.NET WebPages ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET Core Core Runtime

6. SQL CE + IIS Express SQL CE: File based (*.sdf) Runs in medium trust -> hosting! Put in App_Data folder IIS Express: No admin needed IIS capabilities + Cassini ease of use combined

7. Putting things into perspective Task focussed tool to make it really easy to get started with web development

8. DEMO: Blog! WebMatrix IDE

9. Before Razor Razor <%@ %> <%# %> <%$ %> <%= %> <%: %> @

10. @ @{ // magic happens here... } @() Inline text in code: @: Multiline text in code: <text></text> @@ @// of @/* */ Razor syntax

11. DEMO Razor

12. WebPages Convention Backend logic on top Frontend logic below (html5 + code) Simpler to use, but still ASP.NET power

13. DEMO: Photo gallery Want to see it being used?

14. Helpers Convenient Already some out of the box Easy to create on your own (App_Code folder – for now) Future: @helper SomeMethod() {}

15. DEMO Helpers

16. Resources http://www.asp.net/webmatrix http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu http://blog.krisvandermast.com http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/901/iis-developer-express-faq/

17. Questions? More information? http://asp.net/webmatrix Contact me! http://blog.krisvandermast.com http://www.twitter.com/KvdM kris.vandermast@gmail.com Thank you!

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