[AccessD] OT: ASP.Net editor

Hi John.

I've got both the web matrix and VS.Net.

I'm a bit confused as to the reason behind not using VS.Net... Could you
elaborate a little more?  Perhaps we can find a way around the problems you
are having..

Cheers,
Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: jcolby at colbyconsulting.com [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2003 10:16 AM
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] OT: ASP.Net editor


I am looking for a reasonable wysiwyg ASP.Net programming environment.  I
have the ASP.Net Web Matrix widget from M$ site, and I also have Visual
Studio.net with ASP.Net (I guess, at least the ability to create web pages
from it).  My main problem with VS.net is that it doesn't do things the easy
way, rather creating an entire slew of directories and files for any
"project" that you create.  While this may eventually be a good thing, at
the moment it simply obscures what I am trying to do.  OTOH it is very
powerful with built in wizards to do things like help me hook up to data
etc. and (for those used to it) intellisense.

Web Matrix OTOH can work with a single page, creating things drag and drop.
No intellisense (AFAICT) and few if any wizards but a nice drag and drop
environment none the less.  To be quite honest, my biggest problem with that
is I haven't figured out how to get it to NOT attempt to start a new copy of
it's built-in web server when one is already open.  When you run a page to
test it, it opens it's built in web server.  If it's already open, it tells
you that the server is already open.  I have to go close it, then run the
page again.

Does anyone know how to get the Web Matrix not to remind me that the server
is open and just use it (or close it for me) automatically?  Are there any
other recommendations for programming environments for ASP.Net?

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com


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