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ASP.NET Web Matrix
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<p>ASP.NET Web Matrix, whose name was the inspiration for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_WebMatrix/Q4cyAECN">WebMatrix</a>, was released in 2003 and later discontinued by Microsoft in favor of Web Developer Express, a free version of <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio/omNe6Lej">Visual Studio's</a> web development functionality; Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship <a href="/facts/Integrated_Development_Environment/jbEINSQf">IDE</a> for all aspects of Visual Basic and C# coding, including <a href="/facts/ASP.NET/xq7KM8mN">ASP.NET</a> development. </p><p>What had changed by 2010 was the existence of a number of open source projects offering PHP and ASP.NET site templates and <a href="/facts/Content_Management_Systems/CCk4vIxV">Content Management Systems</a> that could be used by non-programmers to build and maintain rich web applications. Microsoft WebMatrix provided a development environment to help facilitate these emerging styles of website creation. </p>