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dustbunny
dustbunny

Reputation: 43

difference of web forms SITE and web form APPLICATION in vs studio 2012 for web

I can't decide what to choose between web forms SITE and web form APPLICATION.

in VS 2012 for web, i can choose:

ASP.net Web Forms Application, by going to File>New Project. while the other one is ASP.net Web Forms Site, by File>New Website,

im new in asp.net and im lost, i hope someone will clarify this for me

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5974

Answers (2)

Elad Lachmi
Elad Lachmi

Reputation: 10561

The basic difference between Website Project and Web Application is that in a Website Project each .aspx and .aspx.cs file is compiled in to its own assembly the first time the page is accessed and in Web Applications all the .aspx and .aspx.cs files are compiled to a single assembly (DLL file) at compile time.

In my experience, Web Applications are more geared twards modern web technologies and modern features of the .Net Framework and C# like Entity Framework, MVC and Web Api (if you decide to integrate any of these in to your project. This is not to say that you cannot use these in a Website Project, but this creates all kinds of artifacts.

For new applications I would recommend going for a Web Application, in case you want to integrate any newer modules in to your application at a later time.

Upvotes: 2

Thanos Markou
Thanos Markou

Reputation: 2624

Differences on the MSDN for study:

[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd547590(v=vs.110).aspx#summary_of_differences][1]

Upvotes: 2

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