It will give you a developer console, GPS support, accelerometer and some additional HTML5 support like local storage, etc. You can get a MUCH more functional version for $29.99. Now, this is just using the basic version of Electric Plum that you can download inside WebMatrix. Your VIsual Studio 2012 RC menu should now look like this. Now, make another entry for IPad and use arguments "2" for iPad. and add in C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebMatrix\Extensions\20RC\iPhoneSimulator\ElectricMobileSim\ElectricMobileSim.exe.
To add this browser to Visual Studio 2012 RC, go to the new browser button (integrated with the Debug button) while in a web project and select Browse With. (Did you notice that WebMatrix used NuGet to install this feature? All these extensions are buried in C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebMatrix\Extensions\20RC currently) Here I've left the iPhone as the default choice.Īnd when I run it, I get the nice Electric Plum iPhone simulation with my current site loaded automatically. Now the Run button has more browsers as a choice. From the Run menu, select Add new.įrom here, you'll go to the Browser Extension area where you can add not only iPhone and iPad but also the Windows Phone 7 emulator. You'll want this even if you're going to add Electric Plum to Visual Studio. Here's how to use the iPhone simulator there, and how to add an iPhone Simulator to Visual Studio 2012 RC's list of browsers manually.įirst, install WebMatrix 2 RC. I've been singing about Electric Plum for months, so I'm happy to see it in WebMatrix. Features can be tried out in WebMatrix, and if they pop, we can move them into Visual Studio.
WebMatrix is Microsoft's lightweight editor for ASP.NET, PHP and node.js, as well the best way to install open source applications.
Microsoft WebMatrix 2 RC is out this week and has a nice feature included - support for the Electric Plum Mobile Simulator for iPhone and iPad built right in. I mentioned the Electric Plum Mobile Simulator as a nice way to check your site on an iPhone while using a Windows machine in my post called " Create a great mobile experience for your website today.
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