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Microsoft has released its WebMatrix free Web development tool that lets website developers of varying skill levels create, customize and publish websites to the Internet with ease. The tool has linguistic support for nine languages and includes a set of tools to create new websites using code provided through a variety of available templates or, more importantly, using existing free open source Web applications, such as WordPress, Joomla!, DotNetNuke and Umbraco. Ryan Ozimek, president of Open Source Matters, the nonprofit organization that helps manage the Joomla! Project was quoted as saying, “WebMatrix puts the power and user-friendliness of Joomla! within arm’s reach of Web developers and designers by providing a set of easily accessible tools.” An ecosystem of almost 40 open source application partners supports WebMatrix. WebMatrix is designed for use by a range of users with varying levels of skill and expertise, such as students, new developers, Web agencies and professional developers.. Importantly, professional developers can also contribute to a directory of code published through NuGet, a free open source package management system. It provides the Web server, database and Web frameworks needed to create a site. It also increases development productivity with support for multiple programming syntaxes, including ASP.NET “Razor” or PHP. and Web helpers, which give a single line-of-code solution for complex coding tasks such as inserting Twitter feeds or video. It also includes a search engine optimization (SEO) reporting tool to help build search-friendly websites that are more discoverable to their users. When ready, creators can seamlessly publish the website to their own hosting provider or one of the 30 hosting partners across 18 countries. |
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Global Software Top 100 - Edition 2011
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