Use of Publishing an application

Question

User-476222264 posted

Hi All,

I wish to be aware of the benefits of publishing a .net application.

Can't we deploy the application in iis, without publishing the same?

Please help me understand these concepts.

Thanks

Manikandan

Answer 1

User-760709272 posted

Publishing makes sure that only the files needed are deployed.  If you just copied the application then you'd deploy all the code-behind files etc.

Answer 2

User879079649 posted

Using publish method you will have only the  compiled code needed to deploy your web project, it is a bad idea to just copy and deploy your source code. When you publish an ASP.NET Web application project, Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer Express compiles the Web application files into a single assembly and then copies the compiled assembly to a specified location.You can publish the Web application to a local or shared folder, to an FTP site, or to a Web site that you access by using a URL.

When you use visual studio you can select the Publishing Method, 

Have a look at the great article found here,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465337(v=vs.110).aspx