MVC :: Zip Or Nupack MVC Distro For Xcopy Deploys?
Oct 20, 2010
You know what would be really nice is a non installer distro for MVC. Currently I run the installer locally and copy the bits from program files into our project lib folder and point the project assembly references there. I don't mind running an installer to get the VS templates but its a pain to sift through the bits and figure out which ones I need for the site to compile (Esp with MVC3 as there are a number of assemblies). Simply having a zip or better yet a nupack package would be a lot simpler.
Storing the assemblies in our lib folder ensures that everyone is using the same bits and eliminates the need of running an installer on all our servers when there is a new version.
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Feb 3, 2011
I have an asp.net application that I currently deploy to 4 different environments on the client's servers. At the moment we deploy by copying over individual assemblies and content files but the whole process is time consuming and error prone. Basically I'd like a method of preparing the application for deployment that will give me a folder containing the application (no source code etc). No IIS changes are required. It would be good if I could specify different webconfigs for different environments.
I've looked at msbuild, msdeploy, etc and I'm not even sure which is the right tool for the job. I'm tempted to go with a batch file that copies only certain file extensions but I'm sure there must be a better way of doing this.
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