Features of Web Matrix

 

• ASP.NET Page Designer

  • Quickly create ASP.NET pages using the WYSIWYG designer
     

• SQL and MSDE Database Management

  • Integrated support to create and edit SQL and MSDE databases
     

• Easy Data Bound UI Generation

  • Web Matrix makes it easy to create data bound pages without writing code -- easy to make forms
     

• XML Web Services Support

  • Easily add XML Web Service support to your applications
     

• Build Mobile Applications

  • Write mobile-web-enabled applications for a wide variety of mobile devices such as cell phones, pagers and PDAs
     

• Development Web Server

  • Develop and test your ASP.NET applications, without requiring IIS Web server.
     

• Community Integration

  • Web Matrix provides a built-in gateway to the ASP.NET community right within the IDE

 

source: www.asp.net