Earlier this month, I explored using WebMatrix, Git, and AppHarbor to quickly create and publish a web site in the cloud. While at work this afternoon I got a phone call from a relative with a usability issue on the site. To fix the issue, I simply needed to wrap a hyperlink around an image, but I only had about 60 seconds to spare, which wasn’t enough time. Here’s what I would have needed to do: Open up a command prompt and cd into D:\github git clone https://jeffhandley@appharbor.com/xanderhandley.git ...
I needed to crank out a single-page web site for my son, to help him promote his popcorn sales for cub scouts. I decided it was a perfect opportunity to try some new things, so I jumped into WebMatrix to create the site, added it to a Git repository, and deployed it to AppHarbor under Xander’s own domain name. Start to finish, it took 30 minutes and my son gave me an A+. Installing WebMatrix WebMatrix is one of the easiest-to-install Microsoft products ever. Really. Just go to http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/ and click the big green button for “Install WebMatrix”...