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tip Make sure you save the file within the project itself, as shown in this dialog. Visual
Studio might attempt to save the file outside of the project. (Note the two “StartHere”
directories in Figure 1-9.)
8. With the file saved, the next step is to view it in a browser. The easiest way to do this in Visual
Studio is to click the Run button on the toolbar or select Start Debugging from the Debug
menu. When you do so, Visual Studio performs some background tasks, starts a web server
(Internet Information Services, or IIS), and launches your default web browser. Note that you
might see a dialog indicating that debugging isn’t enabled. Accept the default, and click OK to
modify the web.config to enable debugging.
If all goes well, you eventually see a page like that shown in Figure 1-10.
FIGURE 1-10 A successful run of your first webpage.
If you see a screen like that in Figure 1-10, your project ran successfully. Even though the page
itself is blank, notice that the title bar reads “Start Here,” thanks to the change you made to
the tag in the page.
9. Close your web browser.
Closing your browser has the effect of stopping the project from running, and you’ll be back
at the source window for your index.html page.
10. Within index.html, add the following code between the opening tag and the closing
tag (saved as index-wjs.html in the companion content):
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