Question

When beginning a new web project, i’m always a bit worried about removing pieces of the web.config. It seems there are more entries than ever with Net 3.5 SP1.

Which bits of the .config do you delete for the following scenarios:

• WCF Web Service, no Javascript support
• Simple MVC Website

EDIT Can someone document a basic list of things left in and taken out of the web.config for a simple website?

Answer 1

Here is a stripped down Web.config i use for a simple WCF service

<?xml version='1.0'?> <configuration>     <system.web>         <compilation debug='true'>           <assemblies>             <add assembly='System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089'/>           </assemblies>         </compilation>         <authentication mode='Windows' />         <customErrors mode='RemoteOnly' defaultRedirect='error.htm'>             <error statusCode='403' redirect='NoAccess.htm' />             <error statusCode='404' redirect='FileNotFound.htm' />         </customErrors>     </system.web>     <system.codedom>       <compilers>         <compiler language='c#;cs;csharp' extension='.cs' warningLevel='4'                   type='Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'>           <providerOption name='CompilerVersion' value='v3.5'/>           <providerOption name='WarnAsError' value='false'/>         </compiler>       </compilers>     </system.codedom>   <system.serviceModel>     <services>       <service behaviorConfiguration='Service.ServiceBehavior' name='Service.Service'>         <endpoint address='' binding='basicHttpBinding' contract='Service.IService'>           <identity>             <dns value='localhost' />           </identity>         </endpoint>         <endpoint address='mex' binding='mexHttpBinding' contract='IMetadataExchange' />       </service>     </services>     <behaviors>       <serviceBehaviors>         <behavior name='Service.ServiceBehavior'>           <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled='true'/>           <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults='false'/>         </behavior>       </serviceBehaviors>     </behaviors>   </system.serviceModel> </configuration> 

I removed a lot of extras especially the script modules which i won’t require