Visual Studio Web Development Content Map
This content map lists topics and resources on using Visual Studio for web development.
Importante
ASP.NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012 provides information on changes and enhancements in the web development features of Visual Studio 2012.
About Web Development in Visual Studio
Visual Studio has a full-featured development environment that helps you create ASP.NET web applications. It provides a powerful web page editor that includes WYSIWYG editing and an HTML editing mode with IntelliSense and validation. You can create and design a consistent site layout with master pages and consistent page appearance with themes and skins. Visual Studio also includes a code editor that enables you to write code for your dynamic web pages in Visual Basic or Visual C#. You can use the debugger to help you find errors in your code, and you can test your application by using a local web server. Visual Studio also includes tools for publishing your web applications to a hosting site.
ASP.NET is a web development framework for building dynamic websites with Visual Studio. For more information about ASP.NET, see ASP.NET Overview.
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web
If you want to see what web development in Visual Studio is like, you can install a free version of Visual Studio (Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web) by using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. For more information about Visual Studio Express, see Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web and Comparing Visual Studio and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web.
Scenarios and Topics
Unless otherwise noted, the following resources refer to new or updated content for web development in Visual Studio 2012. For additional resources related to web development in Visual Studio, see the Visual Web Developer Content Map.
See Also
Concepts
ASP.NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012