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Learning WebMatrix Part 3 of 3

Learning WebMatrix Part 3 of 3. Akber Alwani http://twitter.com/epdotnet. Agenda. Part 1 What is WebMatrix? Razor Syntax Database Access WebGrid Part 2 Layouts Helpers Themes, Package Manager, Facebook and more Membership Routing Part 3 Building Helpers WebMatrix and OSS Web Apps

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Learning WebMatrix Part 3 of 3

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  1. Learning WebMatrixPart 3 of 3 AkberAlwani http://twitter.com/epdotnet

  2. Agenda • Part 1 • What is WebMatrix? • Razor Syntax • Database Access • WebGrid • Part 2 • Layouts • Helpers • Themes, Package Manager, Facebook and more • Membership • Routing • Part 3 • Building Helpers • WebMatrix and OSS Web Apps • Publishing your website or web app • How to “grow up” to Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC

  3. Why Build Helpers? • 1. Helpers make you more productive • Create Helpers for code that is repetitive • Create Helpers for code that is complex • 2. Helpers make it easier for other developers to use your widgets or services • Useful if you are trying to create a developer ecosystem of your own

  4. Build a Helper: The 3 Approaches

  5. Building Helpers – inline syntax • Use CSHTML • Save in App_Code folder • The name of the file is important – it’s used as the class name: @FacebookSocialPlugins.ShowLoginButton(...);

  6. Building Helpers – inline syntax • @helper • Easy to create HTML shortcuts • Wrap commonly used HTML • Takes parameters • Real example: Facebook Social Plugins @helper HelloWorld(string name = "") { <div>Hello @name</div> } @helper ShowLoginButton(string buttonText = "") { <fb:login-button>@buttonText</fb:login-button> }

  7. Building Helpers – inline syntax • @function • Return values from your helpers • Good for wrapping complex APIs • See the Twitter Helper for examples @functions { public static string SayHello(string name) { return “Hello ” + name; } }

  8. Demonstration Building Helpers

  9. Why use Open Source Apps? • Free & Popular • Large developer ecosystems with lots of widgets, plugins, templates and themes • Good community support through blogs and forums • Gets you closer to a solution • CMS, eCommerce, Forum etc. • Easy to configure

  10. WebMatrix and OSS Apps • WebMatrix builds on the success of the Web Platform Installer 2.5 Million Apps downloaded so far

  11. Demonstration Install a WEB app

  12. Publishing your website • It’s easy to find a host that fits your needs and budget • Publishing your website is easy and pain free • Faster and more secure • If you make changes, you only upload the changes – not the entire website

  13. Windows Web Hosting Gallery • Find the right host for you • Quickly compare the best deals • www.microsoft.com/web/hosting

  14. Publishing in WebMatrix • Easy to configure, preview and publish your website and database in one click

  15. Demonstration Publishing your website

  16. Growing Your App With a little luck, your web application will be successful and attract lots of users! • Congratulations  • You need to ask yourself some questions: • Do I need more developers? • Is my code base still manageable? • Do I need to scale my web & database servers? With a successful application the answer will normally be “YES” to those questions

  17. Growing Your App • Visual Studio 2010 provides the best solution to your “growing” needs: • Powerful editing capabilities • Testing Frameworks • Source/Version Control • Moving to Visual Studio 2010 is easy • The Razor Syntax is common across WebMatrix and ASP.NET MVC 3 • You can use Helpers in ASP.NET MVC 3 • Migration of database to IIS Express is easy to do

  18. Demonstration Growing your app

  19. Recap • Part 1 • What is WebMatrix? • Razor Syntax • Database Access • WebGrid • Part 2 • Layouts • Helpers • Themes, Package Manager, Facebook and more • Membership • Routing • Part 3 • Building Helpers • WebMatrix and OSS Web Apps • Publishing your website or web app • How to “grow up” to Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC • Roadmap

  20. Get this content, and more • www.webcamps.ms • www.asp.net/webmatrix • www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix

  21. You are a Web Camper! • Join in the community! • Facebook Fan Page (search for Web Camps) • Follow @Webcamps on Twitter

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