Review:
Microsoft Expression Web
overall review score: 4
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Microsoft Expression Web is a professional web development tool developed by Microsoft, designed for creating, designing, and managing websites. It supports standards-based development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web technologies, providing WYSIWYG editing and coding features suitable for both beginners and experienced developers.
Key Features
- WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) design interface
- Support for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ASP.NET
- Standards-compliant code generation
- Integrated FTP client for publishing websites
- Code highlighting and syntax validation
- Extensible with add-ins and plugins
- Built-in validation tools for accessibility and standards compliance
Pros
- User-friendly interface suitable for beginners and professionals
- Supports modern web standards promoting clean, compliant code
- Free to download and use
- Includes helpful tools like validation and FTP support
- Active development community and documentation
Cons
- Lacks some advanced features found in more comprehensive IDEs
- Limited integrations with newer technologies or frameworks compared to modern tools
- No longer actively maintained or updated by Microsoft (discontinued after version 2012)
- Might feel outdated compared to newer web development environments