Visual web developer express or microsoft expression?
Which in peoples view is the better option for web site building, i have used vwd before but not expression, thinking of having a dable at sometime in the future.
Pitchengine.com is built entirely in VS… no expression… Photoshop is used for gfx…
A third option to consider is Microsoft WebMatrix. V2 added some very cool features.
I would recommend Visual Web Developer,
but only to write my code in the backend that renders my controls.
No codebefore.
I wrote a framework for asp.net with twitter bootstrap, I can share it here if you want.
Just to pitch in.
I would recommend you choose a CMS that runs in your prefered coding language, mostly because you get so much handled that you then dont need to think about.
In almost any case a CMS will be suitable even if you dont need that much Content Managment.
If you want the ability to program your own controls and you typically do this with Visual Studio, then a CMS like Umbraco CMS can be used, it handles custom controls either as User Controls or as Server Controls, and you are able to do things in the normal Asp.Net way.
As im familar with the visual wed studio combined with photoshop/illustrator i think i`ll go that route for now with the back of my mind to have a look at matrix / expressions etc etc at a later date. Interesting to see most seem to use vsudio + another product to supplement it.
I`m a bit susprised no-one specfically used expression seems a interesting product, integrated vstudio/photoshopesec it seems to me.
@ lee, nice website, interesting idea not seen it before.
from devhammer
[quote]A third option to consider is Microsoft WebMatrix. V2 added some very cool features.
http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/[/quote]
have had a play with this, during the week, maybe i just didnt realise it or noticed it before,(not dsure how old razor code is) but i have just discover cshtml and sdf datbases, and all i gotta say about that is wow, perfect for my needs.
If anyone is interested in webmatrix there is a great set of videos at ASP.NET Razor Video Tutorials | Microsoft Learn. that explain razor code and the lightweight but powerful sdf database stuff.