testing/developing asp with visual studio .net

[Earthlink]

Hi, I've taken an interest in developing ASP .NET web applications and I
want to use Visual Studio .NET which I already have for my development. My
problem is that I do not have a server on my machine I can use for testing
and apparently you cannot even create a web application project without one.
Is there an easy way around this (some simple freeware personal server I can
download) or do I necessarily have to invest in something expensive like
Windows Server 03? Thanks for your help.

-Richard

 

[Guest]

Hi,

If you're using WinXP Pro or Windows 2000, you have IIS (Internet
Information Server). Don't think it comes with XP Home though.

HTH

Dan

 

[Psych971]

Have XP home unfortunately, and I know I don't have IIS. Can I purchase or
download that somehow? Thanks

-Richard