Web Matrix released
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Microsoft have now released Web Matrix (and ASP.NET MVC3 if you so inclined!)
One signifcant utility is IIS Express which will replace Cassini
It is worth noting that SP1 for VS2010 should be out in Q1.
Links:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETMVC3WebMatrixNuGetIISExpressAndOrchardReleasedTheMicrosoftJanuaryWebReleaseInContext.aspx
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LinkRollupNewDocumentationAndTutorialsFromWebPlatformAndTools.aspx
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/01/microsoft-releases-free-webmatrix-web-development-tool.ars
I am impressed by the copious tutorials on MVC, which I include below:
Intro to ASP.NET MVC 3 onboarding series.
Scott Hanselman and Rick Anderson collaboration and Mike Pope (Editor)
Both C# and VB versions:
Intro to ASP.NET MVC 3
Adding a Controller
Adding a View
Entity Framework Code-First Development
Accessing your Model's Data from a Controller
Adding a Create Method and Create View
Adding Validation to the Model
Adding a New Field to the Movie Model and Table
Implementing Edit, Details and Delete
Source code for this series
MVC 3
Updated and new tutorials/ API Reference on MSDN
Rick Anderson (Lead Programming Writer), Keith Newman and Mike Pope (Editor)
ASP.NET MVC 3 Content Map
ASP.NET MVC Overview
MVC Framework and Application Structure
Understanding MVC Application Execution
Compatibility of ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC
Walkthrough: Creating a Basic ASP.NET MVC Project
Walkthrough: Using Forms Authentication in ASP.NET MVC
Controllers and Action Methods in ASP.NET MVC Applications
Using an Asynchronous Controller in ASP.NET MVC
Views and UI Rendering in ASP.NET MVC Applications
Rendering a Form Using HTML Helpers
Passing Data in an ASP.NET MVC Application
Walkthrough: Using Templated Helpers to Display Data in ASP.NET MVC
Creating an ASP.NET MVC View by Calling Multiple Actions
Models and Validation in ASP.NET MVC
How to: Validate Model Data Using DataAnnotations Attributes
Walkthrough: Using MVC View Templates
How to: Implement Remote Validation in ASP.NET MVC
Walkthrough: Adding AJAX Scripting
Walkthrough: Organizing an Application using Areas
Filtering in ASP.NET MVC
Creating Custom Action Filters
How to: Create a Custom Action Filter
Unit Testing in ASP.NET MVC Applications
Walkthrough: Using TDD with ASP.NET MVC
How to: Add a Custom ASP.NET MVC Test Framework in Visual Studio
ASP.NET MVC 3 Reference
System.Web.Mvc
System.Web.Mvc.Ajax
System.Web.Mvc.Async
System.Web.Mvc.Html
System.Web.Mvc.Razor