Link Rollup: New Documentation and Tutorials from Web Platform and Tools

Lots of cool stuff was released yesterday that I mentioned in the post ASP.NET MVC3, WebMatrix, NuGet, IIS Express and Orchard released - The Microsoft January Web Release in Context. The Web Platform & Tools Content Team has been working hard on new content and tutorials to get you up to date on all this fun new stuff.

Here's a link rollup from Wade's documentation team. Congratulations to Mike Pope, Tim Teebken, Rick Anderson, Tim Ammann, Keith Newman, Erik Reitan and Tom Dykstra on a great set of content.

Read on!

Web Matrix

Tim Amman (Lead Writer), Erik Reitan and Mike Pope (Editor)

• Your First Website Using WebMatrix
• Create an open-source wiki website from the Web Application Gallery
• Create a website from a WebMatrix site template
• Create an ASP.NET website from scratch
• Create an open-source wiki website from the Web Application Gallery
• Add and edit ASP.NET Web Pages
• How to publish a web application using WebMatrix
• Download, edit, and republish your website with WebMatrix
• Use WebMatrix to optimize your site for search engines (SEO)
• Analyze requests to your website
• Connecting to a SQL Server or MySQL Database in WebMatrix
• Migrate a database to SQL Server
• Securing Web Communications: Certificates, SSL, and https://
• WebMatrix Content Guide

ASP.NET Web Pages with Razor Syntax

Tim Teebken (Lead Programming Writer), Erik Reitan, and Mike Pope (Editor)

• eBook (PDF Version) Onboarding series for new Web Developers and full project code downloads
  • (also used at Web Camps)
• 1 - Getting Started
• 2 - Coding with Razor Syntax
• 3 - Creating a Consistent Look
• 4 - Working with Forms
• 5 - Working with Data
• 6 - Displaying Data in a Grid
• 7 - Displaying Data in a Chart
• 8 - Working with Files
• 9 - Working with Images
• 10 - Working with Video
• 11 - Adding Email to your Website
• 12 - Adding Search to your Website
• 13 - Adding Social Networking
• 14 - Analyzing Traffic on your Website
• 15 - Adding Caching for Faster Websites
• 16 - Adding Security and Membership
• 17 - Introduction to Debugging
• 18 - Customizing Site-Wide Behavior
• ASP.NET Web Pages API Reference
• Visual Basic Language and Syntax
• ASP.NET Web Pages Reference

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

Orchard

Keith Newman (Lead Programming Writer), Tom FitzMacken and Mike Pope (Editor)

• Working with Orchard in WebMatrix
• Accessing and Rendering Shapes
• Customizing The Default Theme
• Template file syntax guide
• Writing a New Theme
• UI guidelines for theme authors
• Packaging and sharing themes
• Writing a Widget
• Managing widgets
• Saving, Scheduling, and Publishing Drafts (Tom FitzMacken)
• Understanding Permissions (Tom FitzMacken)
• Understanding data access
• Understanding content handlers
• Getting Around the Admin Panel
• Adding Pages to Your Site
• Adding a Blog to Your Site

NuGet

Tom Dykstra, Tim Teebken and Mike Pope (Editor))

• Getting Started (Tim Teebken)
• Installing NuGet (updated)
• Installing a Package Using the Console (new)
• Installing a Package using the Add Library Package Reference Dialog Box (updated)
• Removing a Package Using the Console (new)
• Removing a Package Using the Add Library Package Reference Dialog Box (new)
• Updating a Package Using the Console (new)
• Updating a Package Using the Add Library Package Reference Dialog Box (new)
• Creating a Package (updated)
• Nuspec Format (updated)
• Version Range Specification (updated)
• Package Transformations (new)
• Package Manager Console Command Reference (updated)
• Adding a Package to the Official Feed (updated)
• Hosting your own local and remote NuGet Feeds (updated)
• NuGet Frequently Asked Questions (updated)
• NuGet Documentation tab (updated)

Website Panel

Mike Pope provided editing support for the WebsitePanel Guide, authored by the Website Panel development team.

Enjoy!

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