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Microsoft Expression Web
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<p>Microsoft Expression Web is a discontinued <a href="/facts/HTML_editor/Tf82QUku">HTML editor</a> and general <a href="/facts/Web_design/1uNCN7qE">web design</a> software product by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It was discontinued on December 20, 2012, and subsequently made available free of charge from Microsoft. It was a component of the also discontinued <a href="/facts/Expression_Studio/3Elh90TK">Expression Studio</a>. </p><p>Expression Web can design and develop web pages using <a href="/facts/HTML5/HBAxEAr6">HTML5</a>, <a href="/facts/CSS_3/tA90XBQo">CSS 3</a>, <a href="/facts/ASP.NET/xq7KM8mN">ASP.NET</a>, <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>+<a href="/facts/XSLT/0gw4WVyJ">XSLT</a> and <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a>. Expression Web 4 requires <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework/J6QDAUhP">.NET Framework</a> 4.0 and <a href="/facts/Silverlight/SYKe8yL1">Silverlight</a> 4.0 to install and run. Expression Web uses its own standards-based rendering engine which is different from Internet Explorer's <a href="/facts/Trident_(layout_engine)/pwBEAjzj">Trident</a> engine. </p>