Microsoft WebMatrix is a new tool from Microsoft aimed at the non-professional and hobbiest web developers and provides them a complete toolset to create

1. Microsoft WebMatrix robertmaclean www.sadev.co.za ∞ @rmaclean ∞ robert@sadev.co.za

2. Agenda Brief introduction to stimulate discussion and share knowledge What is the problems it is trying to solve? What is WebMatrix? Look at frameworks supported When a framework won’t cut it

3. What is the problem? I want a website Not Massive Traffic Professional Dev Not Pro Dev Need quickly Can invest time Need Custom Framework Based ??? Massive Traffic

4. What is WebMatrix? Free toolset from Microsoft Dev, Host, DB & Tooling Web development Frameworks on PHP or ASP.NET Custom Web Dev on ASP.NET Designed to be lightweight

5. Frameworks Supported DotNetNuke» WordPress» Umbraco» Joomla» nopCommerce» mojoPortal» Gallery» BlogEngine.NET» Kentico CMS for ASP.NET» Drupal 6» Drupal 7» ResourceBlender» Gallery Server Pro» Moodle» ScrewTurn Wiki» nService» SugarCRM» DasBlog» Sitefinity» SilverStripe» Mayando» SubText» Orchard» phpBB» N2 CMS» AtomSite» Kartris» Dropthings» YetAnotherForum.NET» Piwik» TangoCMS» Kooboo CMS» MODx CMS» MonoX» Tiki Wiki CMS» SQLCMS» AxCMS.NET» EC-CUBE» Core Ecommerece» Composite C1 CMS» DotNetAge» Azopho» DotShoppingCart» Concrete5» Fishop.Net» SplendidCRM» NearForums» RakuCMS Express» Tandem Server CMS» Atlas» ocPortal» Kooboo Communicator

6. Frameworks Support Info Graphs Approx. 3.7 million downloads Top Downloads DotNetNuke WordPress Umbraco nopCommerce Joomla mojoPortal Gallery BlogEngine.NET Kentico CMS Drupal 6

7. Demo Rapid site setup using Framework

8. When a framework won’t cut it ASP.NET ASP.NET Web Forms ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET Dynamic Data ASP.NET WebPage

10. No maintenance

11. Free technologies

12. SQL CE used with shared hosts

13. Upgrade from SQL CE to SQL Server

14. IIS Express supports all IIS functionality

15. IIS & SQL always running

16. Maintenance of IIS & SQL

17. Costly for SQL Server

18. Dev & Prod

20. Demo Creating a custom site Moving to Visual Studio SEO Reporting Publishing Database Migration

21. Summary Good starter for web sites Get going quickly Prototyping Simple solutions Can grow to “full” tech stack IIS Express > IIS SQL CE > SQL Server WebMatrix > Visual Studio Downsides About 70Mb worth of bits via Web Platform Installer, excluding frameworks Too many framework options Not all frameworks have full WebMatrix stack support No SilverLight!

22. Questions & Discussions