Microsoft WebMatrix is a discontinued cloud-connected

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and

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for Windows, geared towards web development. WebMatrix enables developers to build websites using built-in templates or popular open-source applications, with full support for ASP.NET,

PHP PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared toward web development. It was originally created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993 and released in 1995. The PHP reference implementation is now produced by The PHP Group. ...

, Node.js and

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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

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and to provide a lightweight web development environment 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

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, DotNetNuke,

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, Joomla!, Drupal and

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. 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

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or later. In 2016, Microsoft announced the discontinuation of WebMatrix in favour of

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with formal support ending on November 1, 2017.

Features

* Simplified creation, publishing, and synchronization of companion cloud websites * Integration with source control systems including

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and

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and

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for

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and

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* Editing for server-side languages ASP.NET,

and Node.js * Support for

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, jQuery Mobile, Less and Sass * Mobile simulators * Database manager for

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and SQL CE * Deployment tools for files and database * Deployment to either shared hosting, dedicated servers or Microsoft Azure * Publishing websites using

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and Web Deploy (an IIS feature for publishing websites) * Built-in

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and performance reports * Remote and offline editing * Downloading remote sites for local editing * Database migration from

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4.0 database to

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or SQL ServerMigrate a Database to SQL server
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