Web Application Project - MS InfoPaper

The new Web Application Project (WAP) Type is a usefull alternative to the ASP.NET 2.0 common Web Site Projects.

Personally, I prefer the WAP in regular project.

Most of the time, you don't need features like

• dynamic compilation
• treat directory as web project
• single page code model
• ...

"normally" you need features like

• pre-/postbuild steps
• strong-naming
• controlled and predefiened output
• ...

Web Site Projects are cool for demos, teaching and presentations - but in real world projects... I don't know...

Here's a Microsoft InfoPaper to give you the important informations and hints to do the right decision:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/WAP.asp