ASP.NET Web Application Projects on the File System
ASP.NET Web Application Projects are always created against the file system. You cannot point a new Web
Application Project to an IIS server or an FTP server. During initial creation, you can only point to a folder
on the local drive or on a network drive.
During development, these projects appear and behave closer to standard Windows application projects than
all other ASP.NET applications. By default, all source code is place in the .\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\
folder. There is a References folder, showing each of the .NET assemblies that will be used during site
compilation. The Web Application Project must be compiled to be tested.
Web pages must be created with the code-behind model. There is a separate designer file (that we can now
see!) created for each Web page, holding Web control declarations and such.
Web Application Projects also use the development Web server, which can be configured in the Web Project
properties.
Notice Class1.vb (Solution Explorer window) exists safely at the project level. It is not associated with any
particular Web page. In ASP.NET Web Sites, extraneous classes must be placed in a special ASP.NET folder
called “App_Code”. Also notice that a Web Application Project can be pointed to an existing project on IIS
or create a new virtual directory.
ASP.NET Web Application Projects are always created against the file system. You cannot point a new Web
Application Project to an IIS server or an FTP server. During initial creation, you can only point to a folder
on the local drive or on a network drive.
During development, these projects appear and behave closer to standard Windows application projects than
all other ASP.NET applications. By default, all source code is place in the .\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\
folder. There is a References folder, showing each of the .NET assemblies that will be used during site
compilation. The Web Application Project must be compiled to be tested.
Web pages must be created with the code-behind model. There is a separate designer file (that we can now
see!) created for each Web page, holding Web control declarations and such.
Web Application Projects also use the development Web server, which can be configured in the Web Project
properties.
Notice Class1.vb (Solution Explorer window) exists safely at the project level. It is not associated with any
particular Web page. In ASP.NET Web Sites, extraneous classes must be placed in a special ASP.NET folder
called “App_Code”. Also notice that a Web Application Project can be pointed to an existing project on IIS
or create a new virtual directory.
ASP.NET Web Application Projects on the File System
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