<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
WebMatrix	I-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
cloud-connected	O
website	B-Language
builder	I-Language
and	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
geared	O
towards	O
web	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebMatrix	B-Application
enables	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
websites	O
using	O
built-in	O
templates	O
or	O
popular	O
open-source	O
applications	O
,	O
with	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
and	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
developed	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
providing	O
web	O
developers	O
with	O
coding	O
,	O
customization	O
,	O
and	O
publishing	O
capabilities	O
all	O
in	O
one	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WebMatrix	B-Application
is	O
a	O
successor	O
of	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
Web	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
later	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
and	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
lightweight	O
web	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
the	O
new	O
,	O
simplified	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
focused	O
on	O
a	O
clean	O
,	O
simple	O
user	O
interface	O
allowing	O
web	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
websites	O
from	O
scratch	O
or	O
by	O
customizing	O
open-source	O
web	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
such	O
as	O
Orchard	B-Protocol
,	O
DotNetNuke	B-Application
,	O
Umbraco	B-Protocol
,	O
Joomla	O
!,	O
Drupal	B-Application
and	O
WordPress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2011	O
to	O
2012	O
,	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
2	O
Beta	O
and	O
RC	O
releases	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
mobile	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
,	O
additional	O
website	O
templates	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
publishing	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
web	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
2	O
went	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
3	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
2	O
,	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
3	O
requires	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
WebMatrix	B-Application
in	O
favour	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
with	O
formal	O
support	O
ending	O
on	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
