Microsoft WebMatrix
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Final release | 3.0 (v7.1.1932.0)
/ 12 October 2013 |
Windows 7 SP1 and later[1] | |
Platform | IA-32; .NET Framework |
Size | 17.1 MB[2] |
Available in | English, Austrian, Belgian, Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Netherlands, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish[2] |
Type | HTML editor and website builder |
License | Freeware[2] |
Website | www |
Microsoft WebMatrix is a discontinued cloud-connected website builder and HTML editor for Windows, geared towards web development.[3][4] WebMatrix enables developers to build websites using built-in templates or popular open-source applications, with full support for ASP.NET, PHP, Node.js and HTML5. Microsoft developed WebMatrix for the purpose of providing web developers with coding, customization, and publishing capabilities all in one place.
History
WebMatrix is a successor of ASP.NET Web Matrix, which was released in 2003 and later discontinued.
In 2011, WebMatrix was released to support the large number of open source
.From 2011 to 2012, WebMatrix 2 Beta and RC releases added support for Node.js, mobile simulators, additional website templates, and support publishing to Microsoft Azure web sites. On September 6, 2012, the official release of WebMatrix 2 went public. The release of WebMatrix 3 was made available on May 1, 2013. Unlike WebMatrix 2, WebMatrix 3 requires Windows 7 or later.[1]
In 2016, Microsoft announced the discontinuation of WebMatrix in favour of Visual Studio Code with formal support ending on November 1, 2017.[5]
Features
- Simplified creation, publishing, and synchronization of companion cloud websites
- Integration with source control systems including Team Foundation Server
- CSS3, JavaScript and TypeScript
- Editing for
- Support for Sass
- Mobile simulators
- Database manager for SQL CE
- Deployment tools for files and database
- Deployment to either shared hosting, dedicated servers or Microsoft Azure
- Publishing websites using
- Built-in search engine optimization and performance reports
- Remote and offline editing[further explanation needed]
- Downloading remote sites for local editing
- Database migration from SQL Server Compact 4.0 database to SQL Server Express or SQL Server[7]
- Extensibility through plug-ins
See also
References
- ^ a b "WebMatrix 3 Release Notes". Microsoft /web. Microsoft. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "Web Matrix 3". Microsoft/web. Microsoft. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Brooks, Jason (2011-01-26). "Microsoft WebMatrix Lowers Barriers to Web Development on Windows". eWEEK. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ Heller, Martin (2011-01-25). "Microsoft WebMatrix is a mixed bag". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "WebMatrix product support ends on November 1st, 2017". blogs.iis.net. Microsoft. 28 October 2016.
- ^ Mittal, Harsh (December 9, 2011). "Introduction to Web Deploy". iis.net. Microsoft.
- ^ Migrate a Database to SQL server
Further reading
- Lydford, Steve (2011). Building ASP.NET Web Pages with Microsoft WebMatrix. Apress. ISBN 978-1-4302-4020-4.
External links
- Official website
- WebMatrix at IIS.NET website