An Introduction to Web Matrix This Page Intentionally Left Blank An Introduction to Web Matrix: ASP.NET Development for Beginners Colin Hardy Simon Stobart ELSEVIER BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN AMSTERDAM BOSTON HEIDELBERG LONDON NEW YORK OXFORD PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann An imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 2003 Copyright 92003, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England WlT 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder's written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier's Science and Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax: (+44) (0) 1865 853333; e-mail:
[email protected] You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier Science homepage (http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting 'Customer Support' and then 'Obtaining Permissions'. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7506 60767 For information on all Butterworth-Heinemann publications visit our website at www.bh.com Printed and bound in Great Britain Contents Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................... 1 1.2 W h y ASP.NET? ................................................................................... 1 1.3 W h y Web Matrix? ................................................................................ 2 1.4 Is this book for you? ............................................................................. 3 1.5 H o w this book is organised .................................................................. 3 Chapter 2 2.1 Introduction ...................................................