What is Microsoft Expression Web?
Microsoft Expression Web is a full-featured web design tool and WYSIWYG HTML editor developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2006 under the name Microsoft Expression Web, it allows users to visually design and develop feature-rich websites and web applications without needing to manually write code.
Key features of Expression Web include:
- Intuitive WYSIWYG visual editing interface for designing and laying out web pages
- Support for HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ASP.NET, and PHP
- Responsive web design tools for crafting sites optimized for mobile devices
- Drag-and-drop insertion of text, images, tables, forms, and other elements
- Code view for directly editing HTML and CSS
- Support for CSS frameworks like Bootstrap
- Built-in SEO analysis and optimization tools
- FTP client for uploading to web servers
- Template gallery and site management tools
With its balance of visual design features and manual code editing, Expression Web enables web designers and developers to rapidly build standards-compliant websites without needing extensive coding expertise.
Adobe Dreamweaver, Desygner, KompoZer, Nicepage, Pinegrow Web Editor, BlueGriffon, Espresso, Google Web Designer, Xara Web Designer, Website X5 , CSSEdit are some alternatives to Microsoft Expression Web.