Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Projects
The way web projects are managed in Visual Studio 2005 has changed from the way it was done in Visual Studio 2003. Microsoft have now released an update to VS2005 which provides an alternative model for web projects. The VS 2005 Web Application Project model uses 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.
- The compilation system uses a standard MSBuild based compilation process. This can be extended and customized using standard MSBuild extensibility rules. You can control the build through the property pages, for example, name the output assembly or add pre- and post-build actions.
From: Microsoft ASP.Net Developer Center
For more information, and for downloading the update, please follow any of the links below:
This update will NOT work for the Express Editions.