WebMatrix Lightweight web development tool adds new Windows Azure features

You may remember this article about WebMatrix's http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/39815.html "> Blog article, Windows Azure Web Sites and PHP will come in June. Well, we're excited about what WebMatrix 2 brings! This article touches on some of the key features, especially the integration with Windows Azure.

WebMatrix is a lightweight web development tool that allows you to quickly install and publish popular open source applications or built-in templates. It binds the Web server, the database engine, the primary programming language, and the ability to publish to a tool, whether you use ASP.net, PHP, node.js, or HTML5.

Here are a few of the main features we've added since V1:

The extensibility model allows you to write your own plug-ins or use what the community builds; Install open source applications such as Joomla!,wordpress,drupal,dotnetnuke and Umbraco very quickly, for PHP, Node.js, and HTML5 's new built-in template, and all of the templates supported by the phone; IntelliSense for the main languages, including Razor, C #, VB, PHP, Node.js, HTML5,CSS3, and Jquery (code completion); For primary applications like Umbraco, WordPress and Joomla, specific application code complete; Simple user interface to install the thousands of NuGet packages you need; Use the top-level mobile simulator to preview your site; At the active site, Remote preview makes quick edits to the file;

But let's talk specifically about the integration of Windows Azure.

Download WebMatrix

In the previous article, we introduced how to use the Windows Azure Application Library to create a new Drupal site. When you have an active Web site running on Windows Azure, you can click the WebMatrix button and automatically download it to your local computer.