Chapter 2. Developing a Web Project

After completing this chapter, you’ll be able to:

  • Start Visual Web Developer 2010 Express so you can build web applications with it

  • Create a standard project without writing any code

  • Create a standard website without writing any code

DESKTOP APPLICATIONS ARE STILL THE primary way that businesses interact with data—but a vast array of other options are available. One increasingly common choice relies on the Internet (or an intranet) to host various kinds of applications. This book won’t show you every kind of application you can create in Visual Studio, but it does provide an overview of how to build the more popular types.

Most applications begin with the need to access some type of data from a client application. ...

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