Microsoft WebMatrix

robert macleanwww.sadev.co.za ∞ @rmaclean ∞

robert@sadev.co.za

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

What is the problem?

I want a website

Massive Traffic

Not Massive Traffic

Professional Dev Not Pro Dev

Need quicklyCan invest time Need CustomFramework

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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

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

Frameworks Support Info Graphs

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Tools13%

Wiki4%

ASP.NET75%

PHP25%

Approx. 3.7 million downloads

Top Downloads1. DotNetNuke2. WordPress3. Umbraco4. nopCommerce5. Joomla6. mojoPortal7. Gallery8. BlogEngine.NET9. Kentico CMS10.Drupal 6

Demo

• Rapid site setup using Framework

When a framework won’t cut it

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But a web technology alone is not enough

Windows

IISSQL

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ASP.NET

Traditional Stack

Windows

IIS Express

SQL CE 4

ASP.NET

WebMatrix Stack

• IIS & SQL always running• Maintenance of IIS & SQL• Costly for SQL Server

• Dev & Prod• Different web server in Dev vs. Prod

• Only run when needed• No maintenance• Free technologies• SQL CE used with shared hosts• Upgrade from SQL CE to SQL Server• IIS Express supports all IIS functionality

Web development is not just development

• SEO Tools• Publishing

Demo

• Creating a custom site• Moving to Visual Studio• SEO Reporting• Publishing• Database Migration

Summary

Good starter for web sitesGet going quicklyPrototypingSimple solutions

Can grow to “full” tech stackIIS Express > IISSQL CE > SQL ServerWebMatrix > Visual Studio

DownsidesAbout 70Mb worth of bits via Web Platform Installer, excluding frameworksToo many framework optionsNot all frameworks have full WebMatrix stack supportNo SilverLight!

Questions & Discussions