VS 2005 Web Application Project V1.0 Released
Tried using VS 2005 for Web Applications and got confused? The VS 2005 Web Application Project v1.0 is here to help. What does it do?
- VS 2005 Web Application Projects support the same project, build and compilation semantics as the VS 2003 web project model.
- All files contained within the project are defined within a project file (as well as the assembly references and other project meta-data settings). Files under the web’s file-system root that are not defined in the project file are not considered part of the web project.
- All code files within the project are compiled into a single assembly that is built and persisted in the \bin directory on each compile. Incremental publishing of compiled apps is fully supported within the IDE.
- The compilation system uses a standard MSBuild based compilation process. This can be extended and customized using MSBuild extensibility rules. You can control the build through the property pages, name the output assembly or add pre- and post-build action rules. It can also provide much faster compile times for large web projects.
I know a couple of people that had a difficult time moving from 2003 to 2005. I hope this will help people get rolling with VS 2005 for web applications.