Is there an alternative to IIS which can support ASP.NET applications?

I want to create some ASP.NET web services using visual web developer and the book I have says I need IIS to host the webservices. However I only have windows XP home which doesn't included IIS. I don't really want to pay out for a new copy of windows XP Pro so can anyone recommend an alternative to IIS which can support applications written in APS.NET ?

Is there an alternative to IIS which can support ASP.NET applications?
Yes ASP.Net needs IIS to run the web applications. I have 1 solution to run the web applications on Windows XP Home but you have to test it.





1. First of all install Visual Web Developer.





2. Then click on New Web Site in File Menu.


In the New Web Site window, select the location as File System instead of http. Then browse to place your new website at a particular location where you want to save it.





3. Click ok to create the web site.





This will create a new web site. Now press F5 to run the site, it will ask to add the web.config file click ok to proceed. If it runs successfully then you can build web applications on Windows XP Home.





I think this will solve your problem coz Visual Web Developer includes internal Web Server IIS to run web applications.





Gud Luck ;-)
Reply:I seem to remember IIS is part of a service pack somewhere... so should be free... Oh, thats it... Personal Web Server (PWS) should do the same for development purposes, if it is for the "wider world" then look to get IIS, again though, fairly sure it is an option of Windows Server, so should be part of the server OS if that is what you are looking at doing with eventually.





Have only really played with either of them, so there may be essential differences.