Re: Development in IIS or on file system

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:26:08 -0600, "Mark" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Yes - testing is certainly done beyond development. However, it is my
>responsibility to test my software thoroughly prior to handing it to the
>tester. I can copy the files from the file system to my local IIS to test
>... but again I lose the debug capabilities, not to mention the ease of
>finding problems just by working natively in IIS all the time.
>
>Also - no loaded question was intended. Microsoft has created a "safe"
>place for us to develop code, but it strikes me as a limited environment.
>I'd love feedback on how others intend to balance the need for feeling safe,
>and the desire for increased functionality. Once we have our team head down
>one path, it would be a pain to change it for everyone.
>

Yes, the ASP.NET Development Server is a limited environment for sure.
There are several reasons why we chose to go that route, but one of
the most important ones is that it allows developers to run and debug
code as non-administrators. This has traditionally been a painful
process, especially for educational institutions and government
agencies.

One thing that you may not have thought of is using the ASP.NET
Development Server to debug content that physically exists on an IIS
instance. In other words, say that you have a Web server called Web01.
You can map a drive (say the G drive) on your development box that
maps to the content of your Web site on the Web server. In VS 2005,
you simply open your project using that file path. Then when you
debug, you will actually run against the ASP.NET Development Server,
but you can also browse the exact same content on the IIS instance.


Jim Cheshire
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