Microsoft introduced the ASP.NET Web Matrix integrated development environment to provide an inexpensive method for creating ASP.NET Web applications and services. This is a valuable tool for creating ...

Microsoft kicked off another "Spark' program today to seed the development audience for its Web tools and platforms. The global program lowers the barrier to entry for Web professionals and smaller ...

Over the course of last week, Scott Guthrie, vice president of Microsoft’s Developer Division, showcased a range of new web development tools that the company is working on. These were a prelude to ...

In some ways Visual Web Developer is the most interesting of the new line of "Express" products being previewed now by Microsoft, because it doesn't have a direct analog in the Visual Studio .NET 2003 ...

Back in 2003, Microsoft had a plan to attract Web site developers to the Microsoft platform with a skunkworks project called WebMatrix. On July 7, 2010, Microsoft brought back that discontinued effort ...

Web App Installer from Redmond provides a single way for developers to gather ASP.NET- and PHP-based open source Web apps. In its latest bid to keep Web developers in the fold, Microsoft has developed ...

Microsoft announced today the release of Web Platform Installer (Web PI) 1.0, a free downloadable tool designed to help install the Microsoft Web Platform or its components. The whole platform can be ...

Microsoft is offering a free download manager, Web Platform Installer (PI) 1.0, intended to make it simpler to install Microsoft Web developer technologies ranging from .Net Framework 3.5 to ASP.Net ...