WEB MATRIX 2 - Web development made easy.

Hi There,

It has been a way long since the last post. To continue with this post which gives a brief introduction on how Micrsoft's Web Matrix 2 has made the world easy for web developers,I would like to highlight a few points about this IDE.

With the key razor tool incorporated, this sleek IDE promises to give a rich, more user friendly look to websites. With supports like adding a database with clicks it has made web development more exciting and a fun to work with.

I couldn't wait to share the bold features of this development tool. The next of lines of this post will help you get an exciting look of its features.

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About

Microsoft WebMatrix is a free, all-in-one, extensible web development application for Windows, developed by Microsoft. WebMatrix lets web developers build websites using built-in templates or popular open source applications, with full support for ASP.NET, PHP, Node.js and HTML 5.

In 2011, WebMatrix was released to support the large number of open source content management systems and to provide a lightweight web development application for PHP and the new, simplified ASP.NET Web Pages. It focused on a clean, simple user interface allowing web developers to build websites from scratch or by customizing open source web content management systems such as DotNetNuke, Umbraco, Joomla!, Drupal and WordPress, among others.

From 2011 to 2012, WebMatrix 2 Beta and RC releases added support for Node.js, mobile simulators, additional website templates, publishing to Windows Azure Web Sites and more. On September 6th 2012 the official release of WebMatrix 2 went public.

ASP.NET Web Matrix, whose name was the inspiration for WebMatrix, was released in 2003 and later discontinued.

Source:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_WebMatrix

Having personally used the tool , i got a feeling that this IDE has been built keeping in mind the level of new developers. This tool has a mixed bag of goodies both for new developers and the professionals. 

With the preloaded templates, it allows building sites of various categories by just a few clicks. With support extensions like Tweeter feeds, Blog feeds to websites, it promises to give a more enriched look to websites. To have a glimpse of this IDE, I've shared a few screenshots.

The Home Screen Of Web Matrix 2

                                                 

Quick Start Menu

Building a simple CSHTML site with Web Matrix 2

One of the most useful feature of this IDE is the introduction to Razor syntax.Razor syntax can be embedded in ASP.Net web pages framework. The Razor syntax is light weight tool that doesn't use server controls but instead makes easy to integrate server side code with HTML.

With WebMatrix, all you need is to build and maintain a web application. By using it , a software provider should be able to build a system cheaper and quicker.We look forward to its performance in market , but this product promises well.

Love,

Saurav Ambastha

Links-- http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WebMatrix2FrontEndWebDevelopersTakeNoteASPNETPHPNodejsAndMore.aspx