Question

I read this post, but I do not think it really answered my question. I realize that the Web Site project is best(?) to use if you want to be able to make changes to the web site and deploy, say, User Controls/pages, without having to recompile and deploy the whole site.

However, is this possible to do with the Web Application project as well? What about Web Application and Web Deployment project options? I basically have a high traffic web site and I want to make changes without having to force redeployment of the whole site.

Thanks

Answer 1

Basically whilst deploying Web Application using Visual Studio it redeploying only the changed files, so do not worry about that.

ASP.NET Web Application Project Deployment Overview

If you use one-click publish to deploy your application to a
third-party hosting company, the hosting company will typically
provide you with the settings that you require for the Publish Profile
dialog box.

When you have finished specifying publish settings, you can click the
Publish button in this dialog box or in the Web One Click Publish
toolbar. Visual Studio then deploys the application on the destination
computer. When you click the Publish button after a Web application
project has already been deployed, Visual Studio redeploys only the
changed items.