The WebMatrix announcement last week triggered a range of reactions on Twitter. It also brought back some personal memories. A decade ago (wow), I started a little tool to simplify using and developing asp.net server controls as a side project, and it grew bigger and was eventually released using the name "WebMatrix". It was a fun project, and my first "serious" side project so to speak. There were a few interesting things we did there, both technical and non-technical. It is great seeing similar things happening in this generation of WebMatrix branded tooling . :-) Vertical and Scenario-Focused Tooling I personally think having a variety of tools is good, especially if they can focus on different verticals, and are optimized...(read more) ...
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