The second way is when you open up WebMatrix itself, you will be presented with the option to either create a new Windows Azure trial account, or connect your existing one. To start with, when you create a new WebSite on Azure, you can quickly open it up in WebMatrix for development and then publish it back through the “Open in WebMatrix” button that shows up in the portal. Well, there are several ways WebMatrix can make your life easier when developing for the cloud. I can go on and on describing the features of WebMatrix 3, but I recommend you just visit the website and check them out yourself.
You can develop using ASP.net, PHP and Node.js with context sensitive code completion as well. You can use it to create HTML5/CSS3 compliant websites, with LESS and Sass support, andcode completion for JavaScript and jQuery. It is a free, lightweight, cloud-connected web development tool that enables you to create, publish and maintain your websites with ease. Some other applications, like databases, may be also required.If you haven’t checked out WebMatrix 3 yet, you should.
Then to publish (deploy) your web site to a Windows based hosting, this hosting should also install Node.js Hosting Package from Zoo on a remote server.
Helicon Zoo Module (unlike iisnode module mentioned in this article) runs full featured HTTP stack, so you can utilize all asynchronous functions of Node.js, including comet (long polling). This package includes Node.js, Helicon Zoo Module for IIS and IIS Express, rippy.py to replace NPM as it does not work on Windows yet and some other useful modules. To run application you install Node.js form to Zoo->Packages->Node.js Hosting Package. To use this you will only need Web Platform Installer and add a custom feed into it as explained on Helicon Zoo homepage: Īfter that you navigate to Zoo->Packages->WebMatrix Templates and install. I’d like to add that Helicon Tech also has set of WebMatrix templates, including Node.js template plus Ruby on Rails, Django, Sinatra, Goliath, Mojolicious and Perl. Isn't it lovely when LEGO pieces snap together so nicely?
Installing WebMatrix will get you IIS Developer Express, an easy-to-use version of the IIS 7.5 web server that ships with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Remember, this is all in-progress goofing around v0.5 stuff at best but the concepts are sound. Microsoft WebMatrix is a free web development suite that aims to simplify the process of building professional, dynamic websites. Then, Steve and Tomasz decide to share clever thing with us. Cats and Dogs, living together, mass hysteria
Now they've got a nice little development environment in WebMatrix. I posted just two weeks ago on Installing and Running node.js applications within IIS on Windows - Are you mad? when Tomasz and the team got node.js running rather nicely under IIS. Tomasz Janczuk and Steve Sanderson are having entirely too much fun.