Introducing the ASP.NET Web Matrix - Conclusion
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For developers looking to move into the ASP.NET field, the Web Matrix is an excellent place to start. There are some excellent walk-through guides that talk you through some ASP.NET basics and at the same time give you a working experience in using the program itself. As explained earlier, the community panel gives you instant access to a wealth of information on the use of ASP.NET. Additionally, when you come across useful bits of code, this code can be dragged into the "my snippets" area of the toolbox for reuse in future projects. Code added here is concealed within the sub or function name until the pointer is rolled over it; at that point, it expands in a tooltip style to show you the full code.
The toolbox can be enhanced further with the addition of custom controls that can be downloaded from the online component gallery. When an appropriate control has been found, it is downloaded and installed to the Global Assembly Cache. The GAC is a part of the .NET framework that is used as a registry of installed components, to which the Web Matrix has full access. The online gallery is apparently updated on a regular basis.
All in all, this is an excellent application that brings everything a beginner or advanced ASP.NET developer could want into one workspace. I don’t want to sound biased towards Microsoft as although they did not officially create it, they do own the license to it, but I believe in giving credit where credit is due. For those that don’t want to shell out for a copy of Visual Studio but want an intelligent IDE to ease their web application development, they could do a lot worse than giving the Web Matrix a try.
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