WebMatrix is a 15MB download (50MB if you don’t have .NET 4
installed) and is quick to install.
The 15MB download includes a lightweight development tool,
IIS Express, SQL Compact Edition, and a set of ASP.NET extensions that enable
you to build standalone ASP.NET Pages using the new Razor syntax, as well as a
set of easy to use database and HTML helpers for performing common
web-tasks. WebMatrix can be installed side-by-side with Visual Studio
2010 and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express.
Note: Razor support within ASP.NET MVC applications is not
included in this first beta of WebMatrix – it will instead show up later this
month in a separate ASP.NET MVC Preview - which will also include Visual Studio
tooling support for it.