Help on uploading a web application

[hellojar]

Hello! So I am looking to upgrading to premium, but I want to test out my application on the free-version first.

I am brand to everything I just created so if you need more information feel free to ask as I have never done anything like this before.

Basically I want my web application online to see how it runs and such, it really has no use other than modifying a database I made but I have never used Visual Studio's before, let alone exporting/publishing (you know what I mean) a MVC project out of it.

Overview:

• I am using Web Express 2013 with MVC 5 with Entity Framework 6

• I am using SQL Server Management Studio (1 database with 7 small tables)

• I connected to this Database by adding a folder within my MVC solutions window and then I added a ADO.NET Entity Data Model and followed the wizard guide in which something occurred via mvc magic that makes my app and db connect now.
  • I also had to add a `<add name="MoviesEntities" connectionString=....>` to help find the Database on my computer.
• Whenever I use SQL Sever Management Studio I use the Window's authentication (not sure if that matters for putting it online)

Those are all the BIG things I can think of for this project. If you need more information please let me know as I am brand new to all of this.


So yea...is it possible for me to put that web application onto the free hosting site I currently have, and if so, how?

Thank you! Loving the service so far
-Austin

 

[essellar]

No, it isn't possible. You would need hosting that is preferably Windows-based, or at the very least a *nix host running a current version of the Mono Project .NET-compatible library (and would need the Microsoft SQL Server as well if you can't easily migrate the data and procs to MySQL or PostgreSQL). The Free Hosting servers are Linux-based (CentOS/Litespeed) and only support PHP as a scripting environment and MySQL as a database.

As far as I know, x10Premium supports ASP.NET through Mono, but you would need to investigate whether Mono supports all of the framework specifics you are using in your code and/or what adjustments you would need to make to account for things like type differences, etc. And you'd need to keep in mind that external programs you may have available through COM in a Windows environment cannot run on Linux (and COM doesn't exist on Linux either). You would still be working with MySQL or PostgreSQL; MS SQL Server is not available on non-Windows hosting. Mono support is better than it once was, and MS is engaged in making non-Windows solutions better, but Mono ain't ASP.NET on Windows, and MySQL ain't SQL Server, so your code needs to make allowances unless you are running on the MS stack.

 

[hellojar]

Okay, so the SQL stuff should be okay so long as I just convert the context of my stuff other, but the MVC part of it needs to remain on a Windows type of host. I shall see if a staff member replies with information in regards to x10 having ASP .NET on their premium package.

Worse case scenario I still love the free x10 for all my javascript/php projects.

Thank you!