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Figure 1-3
As you can see from Figure 1-3, you have the following options when creating web projects:
❑ File System Support: With Visual Studio 2005, you now have the option of creating a new web
application within any folder on your computer. Note that neither IIS nor Front Page Server
Extensions is required to be installed on your computer. You can simply point the web applica-
tion to a specific folder and start building web pages. This is made possible through the new
built-in ASP.NET enabled web server that ships with Visual Studio 2005. Using this new web
server, you can develop and debug web applications without requiring Administrator access.
Note that the built-in web server cannot be accessed remotely, and it automatically shuts down
when you close the Visual Studio 2005 development environment.
❑ Local IIS Support: In addition to file system projects, Visual Studio 2005 now enables you to
more easily manage projects that are hosted on an IIS web server. When you create a new IIS
project, you can now view all of the web sites and applications configured on your machine.
You can even create new IIS web applications or virtual directories directly from the New Web
Site dialog box. Figure 1-3 shows an example of this in action. FrontPage Server Extensions
(FPSE) is no longer required for locally developed IIS web applications.
❑ FTP Support: Visual Studio 2005 now has out-of-the-box support for editing and updating
remote web projects using the standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The New Web Site and
Open Web Site dialog boxes allow you to quickly connect to a remote web site using FTP.
Administration and Management
One of the key goals of ASP.NET 2.0 is to ease the effort required to deploy, manage, and operate
ASP.NET web sites. To this end, ASP.NET 2.0 features a new Configuration Management API that
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