Editing C #, PHP, Node.js code directly in a browser with Visual Studio Online "Monaco" and Windows Azure Web Sites

Developing websites? With Windows Azure Web Sites and Visual Studio Online, you can do this anytime, anywhere.

Visual Studio provides some interesting features for site creators. You have long been able to publish websites to the cloud directly from Visual Studio, as well as remotely deploy and debug them.
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With the release of Visual Studio 2013, another impressive new feature has appeared available to all Windows Azure subscribers.

New code editor right in the browser!

This is what many CMS systems have been striving for over the years, creating their own engines and editors.

Let's see how it works.

You can create your website in Windows Azure on one of the favorite technologies ASP.NET MVC, Node JS, PHP, or use ready-made engines and frameworks such as Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, Django and many others.



The procedure for creating a site in Windows Azure takes no more than 5 minutes.



After the site is created, in the Configuration settings, set up an account to access the site files. It will be used for FTP, editing code using Visual Studio Online in a browser and deploying the solution from Visual Studio.



Then, turn on the ability to use Visual Studio Online to edit the code.



Return to the Dashboard tab. On the right in the menu we have the opportunity to edit the code in the browser using Visual Studio Online.



Clicking on the link will take you to Visula Studio Online and will be able to create and edit your code directly in the browser. All this with IntelliSense support, autosave, the ability to compile and run.





You can also work together by setting up a GIT or TFS for your project.

Visual Studio Online is available to all Windows Azure users and allows you to be dynamic, work anywhere, anytime and from any device, and your site be available online 24/7 :)