Get Web Platform Installer and get all the latest web related Tools/Programs

Web Plagtform Installer (Web PI) is a free tool and a treasure house for those interested in developing for the web. It is the source to get some of the free stuff for Microsoft Web Platform components like Internet Information Services, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework, Web Matrix
and a host of other development related resources including third party/Open Source programs. It is well suited for blogging, content management, learning and you can use the Windows Web Application Gallery.

Get Web Platform Installer 5.0 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx

When you install the Web Platform Installer (wpilauncher.exe) you always get the latest version. You can get it in the language of your choice from among 14 languages:

• English, German, French, Spanish, Italian,
• Czech, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian,
• Chinese Simplified, Japanese,  Korean, Chinese, Traditional, Chinese,  Turkish

It has a tiny foot print but does great thingswith this size. The program requires one of the following OS plus connection to the Internet:

• Windows 8
• Windows 7
• Windows Vista with SP2
• Windows Server: 2003 with sp2+, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012

Even Windows XP is listed but support for XP does not exist. You also need administrative rights to the computer/server.

 

 

I recently installed WebMatrix3 from the installer:

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During this installation I could install many more items besides WebMatrix to have a complete set of tools/programs to build and maintain web sites, database applications etc. These applications are in spotlight:

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These are products available. Click on the navigation items in the left to review the details:

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You can have a host of other programs (Drupal, Joomla, WorkPress, etc.). You can pick and choose:

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Good luck!