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Reputation: 4309

Multiple debug and release configuration options in Visual Studio

There are multiple alternatives for "release and debug" configuration in visual studio, I would like to know if they serve the same purpose.

1) Option 1: In the Visual Studio toolbar

Visual Studio Menu

2) Option 2: In the web.config file

web.config

3) Option 3: In the project properties window

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4) Option 4: In the publish site configuration window

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Is not one of these configuration options enough to deploy an application? Are all of them required? what are the differences?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1434

Answers (1)

Random Dev
Random Dev

Reputation: 52290

  1. The first one tells you in which one you are working right now (which configuration will be build if you say build - which one will start if you debug, etc.)

  2. The second one handles what how the server will build your aspx/razor/etc. pages.

  3. The third is there so that you can change the settings of the different configurations in the first place!

  4. The last one tells which configuration you want to deploy - no matter what the current selected configuration (from 1) will show - of course it will depend on the settings in 3 and will most likely deploy the file from 2.

so no - it's not enough to have only one of those

Upvotes: 1

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