Is Microsoft dropping support for SDF database files in Visual Studio?

Question

In Visual Studio 2013 there is no longer an option to create .sdf SQL Server Compact databases in WebPages (WebMatrix) websites. I am no longer able to view

Answer 1

The answer is yes: Microsoft is silently dropping support (as usual IMHO) to Sql Compact Edition.

It started abandoning Sql CE 3.5 in Vs2012 It continued dropping Sql CE in Sql Management Studio 2012 and finally in VS2013

You can use CompactView or install SQL Server Compact Toolbox extension in VS2013 or (my prefered solution) use Sql management Studio 2008

UPDATE thanks to Nicolas' comment

As stated by Microsoft:

SQL Server compact edition is in deprecation mode with no new releases planned near future. Last release SQL CE 4.0SP1 (and earlier releases that are still in the support cycle) will continue to be supported through its lifecycle and Microsoft is committed to fix any major, production blocking issues found in these releases.