Robert Lucero IIS Testing Blog

Remote site editing is integrated in to WebMatrix 2.  This allows for users to quickly edit content from both the original computer where they published from or a completely different computer.

NuGet is a versatile library package system that allows users to  extend their web applications with some really cool tools.  WebMatrix V1 users who are familiar with NuGet remember that they had to access the NuGet Package manager through the ASP.NET WebPages administration page.  Now, in WebMatrix 2, NuGet is fully integrated into the files workspace.

I want to take the time to describe how WebMatrix works with IIS Express, the development web server.   I hope that by the end of this article, users will better understand what IIS Express is capable of and how it works with WebMatrix.

WebMatrix 2 has been rebuilt with extensibility in mind.  We have designed it to allow developers to write MEF based extensions that integrate into the WebMatrix experience.  Members of the WebMatrix team have individually published some initial extensions and David Anson has a great blog post talking about how to develop your own WebMatrix 2 extensions.

You’ve probably seen all of the cool high level features, but there are a number of cool features that are worth checking out.  Like always, let us know what you think on our forums!

Today we’re releasing the first public Microsoft WebMatrix 2 Beta!  It contains a number of new features and improvements from version 1. 

Just a few short weeks ago, we shipped WebMatrix Beta 2.  We fixed a lot of bugs and stabilized the product overall in that release.  Beta 3 is different.  There are all sorts of new features to try out! 

Yesterday, we released a refreshed Beta 2 for WebMatrix.  It contains a number of bug fixes and feature improvements over Beta 1.