When I develop asp.net websites with MS Visual studio it has a built-in lightweight webserver which can run my website while im developing.

I understand you can create ASP.NET websites with dreamweaver but Im guessing it doesnt have the same ability (ie, you need IIS locally or a remote webserver to upload to).

Can anyone confirm or deny this? It seems developing asp.net sites would be a knightmare using DW if you cant just run the thing to browse it in a browser.

Yep - you need to have IIS and the .net framework installed locally or using a remote hosting account (I think godaddy have cheap/free .net hosting).

Thanks Stu.

Or you could use Streamlines trial offer (http://www.streamline.net/web-hosting/free-trial/) to do your testing which I have done before. I use Dreamweaver for working with all my ASP stuff with IIS on my machine.

Edit// sorry scrap the ASp.NET on Steamline - you have to pay extra for that

Thanks Suzy, this is for Alison BTW - she's writing a website where I need to incorporate some ASP.NET controls.

She has some hosting sorted so I guess if we cant get her set up with IIS locally she can alsways upload to test - but that just seems a royal PITA.

I thought it might be for Alison Alison always works by uploading her stuff to a server and working directly from that and she seems happy doing it that way. I always just test locally and the upload to her server when I need her to check it.

Sweet. I guess im just taking her very slightly outide of the comfort zone by getting her to embed ASP.NET controls.

Im sure we'll sort it out.

She'll be fine with it. I usually just get my ASP snippets ready as much as I can. She uploads her HTML page then I download it and add in my ASP and convert it to an asp page and re-upload it.