Question

So i have created an app using the MVVM pattern. I’m ready to give this to a couple friends to test out for me. So i make a folder and copy over my files
– MyApp.exe
– MyApp.ViewModel.dll
– MyApp.Model.dll
– MyApp.Common.dll
– config.xml

I sent it out and now its time to fix bugs and add features. The only files that changed were
– MyApp.exe
– MyApp.ViewModel.dll
– MyApp.Model.dll

What is the best way to deploy these changes? I can see people just copying over the exe file and the program may run if the changes to the model or viewmodel were not huge.. I could also see this becoming a nightmare to figure out if if everyone is using the correct dll files. What is best practice for this?

Answer 1

You can try to use ClickOnce to deploy the app to a regular http server. Once you make changes they’ll be updated with the latest version of your app. It’s pretty easy.

http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2009/02/18/clickonce-getting-started-sample/