With WebMatrix on your desktop, you’re using the same powerful Web server, database engine, and frameworks that your Web site on the internet uses. WebMatrix lets you code, test, and deploy both ASP.NET and PHP applications side by side. WebMatrix is a free Web development tool that installs in minutes and elegantly brings together a Web server, a database, and programming frameworks into a single, integrated experience. WebMatrix makes Web site development easy. Start coding, testing, and deploying your own Web sites without having to worry about configuring your own Web server, managing databases, or learning a lot of concepts. WebMatrix is for developers, students, or just about anyone who just wants a small and simple way to build Web sites. Beyond ensuring everything just works, WebMatrix includes new features that make Web development easier. You will use the same powerful Web server, database engine and web framework that will run your Web site on the Internet, which makes the transition from development to product seamless. The skills and code you develop with WebMatrix transition seamlessly to Visual Studio and SQL Server. It streamlines Web site development and makes it easy to start Web sites from popular open-source apps. It includes IIS Developer Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). WebMatrix is everything you need to build Web sites using Windows.

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