Microsoft Courts Web Developers with WebMatrix Tool Suite
Corporate Vice President of Microsofts .Net Developer Platform, Scott Guthrie, showed off a few of the tools that make up the WebMatrix suite last week. Tools include a light version of Microsoft IIS, known as IIS Express, SQL Server Compact Edition, and a new option which enables developers to embed Visual Basic or C# within HTML documents.
Microsoft considers WebMatrix to be a lightweight web development tool, however it integrates with the company's open source Web Gallery, includes samples, documentation and a reference tool for locating hosting partners.