Simple and Synch

• Uses the Web server, database engine, and desktop framework, ensuring a smooth and seamless transition from development to production.
• Greatly reduces steps required for setting up, configuring, and publishing applications.
• Provides local version with synch utility for additional flexibility, control, and back up.
• Integrates Visual Studio into user workflow and leverages features such as debugging and profiling.

Unified Interface

• Bridges all the key components needed to create, run, and deploy a website by integrating a rich code editor, a database editor, Web server management, Search Engine Optimization, FTP publishing, and more.
• Allows developers to code, test, and deploy both ASP.NET and PHP applications side by side.
• Allows management of multiple end user websites and applications from a single administration interface.

Use Free Open Source Web Applications

Rapidly select, deploy, and customize Web applications with WebMatrix. You can access popular and free open source applications including DotNetNuke, Umbraco, WordPress, and Joomla. Applications can be easily accessed from the built-in gallery, and WebMatrix handles the downloading and installation of the new website. Hand editing of configuration files and component sourcing is eliminated.

Simple Coding and Customization

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript can be seamlessly connected to a database or added in dynamic server code using the new 'Razor' syntax for ASP.NET Web pages. Code is easy to read, simple to learn, short to write, and works with any text editor. Built-in helper functions to connect to a database, display a Twitter feed, or embed a video.