WebMatrix is beating VS.NET...

Note: this entry has moved.

I just come across this screenshot of the next drop for WebMatrix in NikhilKo’s blog.

 

WebMatrix is now supporting one *very* requested wish of VS.NET users… better design-time support for Web User Controls. Yes… instead of getting that little ugly-and-awkward gray box you now get WYSIWYG.

 

Sincerely, I’ve never considered WebMatrix very seriously. I’ve often referred to it as a toy or as a “kind-of-FrontPage”; (I mean, who can live without intellisense? J) but it seems like the next drop will make me change my mind, at least a bit.

 

I’m asking myself: “When will we, VS.NET users, get decent design-time support for UC?”

 

Me: “Whidbey?”

 

Me again: “Surely. But that seems *so* far away.”

 

Moreover, that question leads me to another one:

 

“What cool new feature -not implemented by VS.NET- will be WebMatrix implementing at the time VS.NET catches up with UC?”

 

Published Sunday, May 25, 2003 1:59 AM by vga
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# re: WebMatrix is beating VS.NET...

Monday, May 26, 2003 10:30 AM by Andrew
Does WebMatrix support codebehind?
Would no codebehind make this easier? I think so.

# re: WebMatrix is beating VS.NET...

Friday, May 30, 2003 12:07 PM by Abdu
If everyone is going to request the advanced features in VS then why would people buy it instead of getting the free Web Matrix?

Abdu

# re: WebMatrix is beating VS.NET...

Saturday, May 31, 2003 2:58 PM by Victor Garcia Aprea
Hi Andrew,
WebMatrix doesn't support codebehind. I don't believe no codebehind would make this easier.

# re: WebMatrix is beating VS.NET...

Saturday, May 31, 2003 3:00 PM by Victor Garcia Aprea
Hi Abdu,
VS.NET still have lots of advanced features that are not implemented by WebMatrix that make it more suitable for professional development. But WebMatrix has just taken the lead on design-time support for UC.

# re: WebMatrix is beating VS.NET...

Saturday, June 14, 2003 4:53 PM by Jeff
vga, any idea when webmatrix2 will be released?

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