Webmatrix 2 or 3 ?

Question

User-1965768417 posted

Hi,

i'm quite confused:

asp.net web site seems to mention only webmatrix 2 (also majority of posts in this forum), yet when I go here http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/ it seems webmatrix 3 is the version to use (it's not mentionned it's a preview version).

So what's the deal ? Which version should I install ?

Answer 1

User281315223 posted

WebMatrix 3 is the newest version of WebMatrix and was only release a few months back so a majority of the tutorials and walkthroughs that are available online will most likcly not mention it.

Version 3 should be able to handle just about everything that you can do with Webmatrix 2 and most of the resources available online (such as walkthroughs and examples should still be relevant).

Answer 2

User-166373564 posted

Hi,

The release of WebMatrix 3 was available on May 1, 2013. We have released some blogs about webmatrix 3, you can learn new features about WebMatrix 3 in the links below,

# WebMatrix 3

http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/

# Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3 

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/05/01/announcing-the-release-of-webmatrix-3.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2013/05/01/announcing-webmatrix-3.aspx

Regards

Answer 3

User-821857111 posted

WebMatrix is the development tool. Web Pages is the development framework. WebMatrix is on version 3, but Web Pages is on version 2. 

Answer 4

User-1965768417 posted

Thanks for answers.

And when I install WebMatrix3, does it install the webpage2 framework also ?

Answer 5

User-821857111 posted

And when I install WebMatrix3, does it install the webpage2 framework also ?

Yes.

Answer 6

User-1965768417 posted

ok.

I almost missed Webmatrix, which corresponds exactly to my needs. It is a great plateform, you should be more agressive in promoting it, it has the potential to attract a lot of new web developpers.