WebMatrix Advanced Tutorials (1): How to install and use Microsoft's new development tools WebMatrix (GRAPHIC)

WebMatrix makes it easy for you to create sites. You can start with an open source application (such as WordPress, Joomla, DotNetNuke, or Orchard), and WebMatrix will handle the tasks of downloading, installing, and configuring these applications for you. Or you can use many of the built-in templates to write your own code that will help you get started quickly. Whatever your choice, WebMatrix provides everything you need to run your site, including Web servers, databases, and frameworks. By using the same stack that you will use on the web host on your development desktop, the process of getting your site online is easy and smooth.

Now you can learn to use WebMatrix, CSS, HTML, HTML5, ASP, SQL, database, and more, and how to write simple Web applications in just a few hours. The contents are as follows:

In this series of articles, you'll learn how to develop a simple Web application to manage your favorite movie listings. Although it is simple, it will showcase many of the features of a complete Web application, including the use of databases to store data, which gives you the ability to add data, edit, and delete data to the database. (maybe you've heard about crud– create, retrieve, update, delete, and now you'll learn how to do it in WebMatrix!) ）

You will also learn how to deploy applications through the host vendors in WebDeploy and WebMatrix!

Using the Web Platform Installer

From this site, you will download the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, a free tool that can be used to install a variety of Microsoft products, including WebMatrix. When you start the Web Platform installer, you will see the following screen:

To find WebMatrix, select the spotlight link at the top of the screen, along with the all link on the left or the products link.

Press the Add button next to WebMatrix, and then press the Install button at the bottom of the screen. You will be asked to accept the WebMatrix license and for any dependent applications that need to be installed. Depending on what is installed on your machine, the interface you see will look similar to the following:

If you see other required dependent applications, don't worry, just press "I Accept". After accepting the license, WebMatrix will start the installation:

After the WebMatrix is installed, you'll see a "congratulations" screen that says you have some of the content you need and you can start working! As before, the list you see here can be slightly different, indicating that you have different dependent applications that you need to install.

Run WebMatrix

WebMatrix can be found in the Microsoft WebMatrix folder in your Start menu. This is the look in Windows 7

Select the Microsoft WebMatrix icon to start WebMatrix. You will see this Welcome screen:

The options on the Welcome screen support the following site building methods:

Site from web Gallery (website from Web Library): The Web Application Library (WAG) is a collection of open-source Web applications written using a variety of technologies, including PHP and ASP. The applications in WAG provide you with a good starting point – where others have written a lot of code for you, and you can use them on your website for free. WebMatrix simplifies the process of downloading, installing, and configuring this code.

Site from template (websites from templates): If you want to write your own code instead of using an open source application from WAG, this option provides a good way to start developing from an empty site or many simple template sites that you can customize and change.

Site from folder: If you already have a site collection and want to quickly edit and run them on the Web server, WebMatrix will allow you to do so, just point it to that folder.

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