New to ASP: webserver???

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EMW

Hi,

I'm very new to ASP.NET but I want to learn.
My first question:

When I select in vs.net2003 the ASP.NET WEB APPLICATION icon, I have to give
a webserver address.
Do I really need a webserver to create and test an ASP.NET web application,
or is there another way so I can just build and test it on my home pc,
before I put it on a webserver?

rg,
Eric
 
Eric, you sure do need a web server, and it's not all that big a deal.
Win XP has one built in (it's called IIS), and there are others that you
can download if you want to use a different one (but that is not as
automatically hooked up to ASP.NET as IIS.)

Not only that but you cannot install .NET before you install and
**activate** IIS. If you do, you will never get it to run correctly
after turning on IIS. You should uninstall .NET, and either install or
**activate** IIS and then reinstall .NET. If you have IIS (see below)
it is in Control Panel somewhere under Add/Remove Software, Add/Remove
Windows Components, and then "Internet Information Services." It runs
as a service, so it can turned on and off with the other services once
it's installed. Don't turn it off though.

IIS comes with Win2K server or XP Pro, or even older NT, so you may have
to upgrade Windows to get it to run. It won't run on Win 98, although
there is an animal on 98 called Personal Web Server, which I don't think
is enough horsepower to replace IIS with .NET.

Good luck in the web world. It is a bit of a challenge compared to good
old Windows programming.

~Paul
 
Even if u install IIS after installing the framework etc, you can install
ASP.NET by using aspnet_regiis.exe found in
"%SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322" folder after installing
..NET framework.

Abhijeet Dev
 
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