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Razor Syntax
A new view-template syntax for ASP.NET. It isn't a language (instead you use C# or VB with it as your imperative syntax), but rather a more terse and optimized way to indicate code blocks within HTML.
SQL Compact
SQL Compact Edition 4 is a free, embedded, database engine that enables easy database storage. SQL Compact works with existing .NET-based data APIs, and supports a SQL Server compatible query syntax.
Web Deploy
Web Deploy (Web Deployment Tool) simplifies the migration, management and deployment of IIS Web servers, Web applications and Web sites. Web Deploy Tool also enables you to use IIS Manager to deploy ASP.NET and PHP applications.
WinCache
A PHP accelerator that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows and Windows Server. PHP applications can take advantage of the functionality without any code modifications.
MySQL 5 Database Support
SQL Server 2008 R2 Database Support
.NET 3.5 SP1
.NET 4.0
PHP 5.3
FastCGI
ASP.NET MVC 3 (MVC 1 & 2 also)
5 FTP Users
URL Rewrite
Extensionless URL QFE
Community Spotlight
Cytanium Site Cloud
http://www.cytanium.com/BUILD/Start using the new web development techniques you learned at BUILD by taking advantage of Cytanium's preview of the new Site Cloud. The cloud services from Cytanium are fully compatible with all the popular open source applications found in the Windows Web App Gallery.
Publish any of these applications from Microsoft WebMatrix 2 Beta, and then scale your applications seamlessly by adding capacity on-demand.
Microsoft WebMatrix in Context and Deploying Your First Site
http://hanselman.com/I've said before that Microsoft is just now starting to get the "right-sized LEGO pieces." It the past some stuff was too little or too big, but now as an example, here's five separate and right-sized LEGOs (ya, I know it's singular) that are helpful for the professional and the folks just getting starter, or those who don't want to learn a bunch of stuff to setup and/or modify a website.
Introducing IIS Express
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/IIS Express combines the best characteristics of both ASP.NET Development Server and the IIS Web Server that comes built-into Windows, which will make it easier to build and run ASP.NET sites and applications.
New Elastic Cloud Services on IIS
http://blogs.iis.net/bradleyb/There’s a a lot of new innovation happening with elastic cloud services based on IIS. Many of these services are taking advantage of new IIS extensions like Web Farm Framework and Application Request Routing.
Introducing "Razor"
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/One of the things my team has been working on has been a new view engine option for ASP.NET.
The new view-engine option we’ve been working on is optimized around HTML generation using a code-focused templating approach. The codename for this new view engine is "Razor", and we’ll be shipping the first public beta of it shortly.
Embedded DB Support with ASP.NET
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just completed the engineering work that enables Microsoft’s free SQL Server Compact Edition (SQL CE) database to work within ASP.NET applications. This enables a light-weight, easy to use, database option that now works great for ASP.NET web development.
SQL CE is a free, embedded, database engine that enables easy database storage. We will be releasing the first public beta of SQL CE Version 4 very shortly. Version 4 has been designed and tested to work within ASP.NET Web applications.
