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+2  Q: 

Who plans to go back to using Web Applications in ASP.NET 4.0?

So, it looks like Microsoft has gone back to pushing Web Application Projects* in ASP.NET 4.0. If you are like me, you converted to Website Projects in 2.0 and have never looked back. I recently spent some time trying to convert a Website Project to Web Application Project and was surprised at how tedious it was. So I am wondering what everyone is planning to do in VS 2010?

If anyone has had experience in going through these conversions, what are some tips and tricks to doing so?

Also, feel free to mention what you use now. Maybe I am the only sucker that converted to using Website Projects in 2.0...

*Excluding MVC since it is the only option there

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Me too used web site projects and it was a real PITA when I had to convert. Why I had to convert? Because ASP.MVC was out :-)

Darin Dimitrov  2010-03-24 18:22:29
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You're confused. They put web application projects back in Visual Studio 2005 SP1.

John Saunders  2010-03-24 19:05:38
-VS2003 was .NET 1.0 Web Application Projects-VS2005 was .NET 2.0 with introduction of Website projects (App_Code, etc) but still supporting Web Application Projects-VS2008 was .NET 3.5 emphasis on Website Projects but still supporting Web Application Projects-VS2010 is .NET 4.0 emphasizing Web Application Projects and still supporting Website ProjectsThat is my perception anyway
Banzor  2010-03-24 19:08:43
@Banzor: the initial release of VS2005 did not support web application projects. Any "emphasis" is a guess on your part.
John Saunders  2010-03-24 19:11:42
Correct, emphasis is a guess on my part. It is just my opinion, but it is derived from all of the samples, demos, starter kits, sessions, webcasts and blogs that Microsoft releases during the promotion of the product.
Banzor  2010-03-25 13:51:33

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