Microsoft WebMatrix is designed to make developing dynamic ASP.NET web sites much easier. This complete Wrox guide shows you what it is, how it works, and how to get the best from it right away. It covers all the basic foundations and also introduces HTML, CSS, and Ajax using jQuery, giving beginning programmers a firm foundation for building dynamic web sites.

About the Author

Mike Brind spent years in sales and marketing before discovering HTML in 1999. As a direct marketing consultant, he learned various databases in 2001and pulled together web pages using classic ASP in 2002. In 2005, he migrated to ASP.NET and has never looked back. He is currently the Operations Director of ITEC Systems, which develops ITRIS Recruitment Software, and, among other things, he manages the web development part of the business. He was awarded MVP for ASP/ASP.NET by Microsoft in 2008-2010, is a moderator and is one of the top 5 all-time contributors at Microsoft's official ASP.NET forums. He's worked with WebMatrix since its first Beta release, answering user questions on the product and blogging about it at www.mikesdotnetting.com . Imar Spaanjaars is a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP working for for Design IT (www.designit.nl), an IT company in the Netherlands specializing in Internet and intranet applications built with Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET. As a technical director and software designer, he's responsible for designing and building medium- to large-scaled e-commerce web sites and portals. He's also the tech lead for Dynamicweb Nederland, the Dutch branch of the popular Danish Content Management System Dynamicweb (www.dynamicweb.nl).

Table of Contents:
Introduction • Getting Started with WebMatrix • Designing Web Pages • Designing Websites • Programming Your Site • Adding User Interactivity • AJAX and jQuery • Packages • Working with Files and Images • Debugging and Error Handling • Introduction to Data and Databases • A Deeper Dive Into Data Access • Security • Optimizing Your Site • Deploying Your Site Appendix: Exercise Answers Index