[AccessD] OT: ASP.Net editor

Within the limited look that I have had at the .NET version of ASP ( and
its not to bad eh!) I have found that Dreamweaver MX gave me the best
ablity to "look under the hood".  I too, have both WM and VS tools and
have felt exactly the same - too powerful to enable a good understanding
of the basics.  I have not suffered the same problem as you with the
inbuilt server though? Install Problems again???  I am currently looking
for alternative tools, considering Kylix ( am I raving mad?),
considering other Linux based tools ( definitely stark raving mad! )
Sorry I cant give you any help on the specific problem.

Bruce

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Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2003 10:46 AM
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Subject: [AccessD] OT: ASP.Net editor


I am looking for a reasonable wysiwyg ASP.Net programming environmelnt.
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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