We are using ASP.NET MVC 4 beta on a new project as it should be out of beta before we go live. Even if not, they do have a Go Live license option. Each time I start using a new version of ASP.NET MVC and check the “Create a unit test project” checkbox, I always…
Compression Experiments In the Build and Deployment Process
In overhauling our build and deployment process for this release I wanted to use compression for a few tasks: Combining staged app files to deploy into a compressed archive Preferably a self-extracting executable archive (SFX) Extracting the deployment archive when running the deployment Creating backup zip files of the existing install before overwriting it There…