I was recently asked this question in an interview and was complete caught off guard. I search the internet, but I really didn't find n complete answer so I'm coming to you.

Question: What are the five steps to creating a Web Application from start of finish?

Alexander Nelson
Programmer

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Alexander Nelson
Programmer

Are there any assumptions made? E.g. IIS is already installed and the framework already registered with IIS?

In any case my answer would be something like this: (I make no assumptions)

Install IIS
Install the .NET Framework
--if the framework is installed before IIS, navigate to <%systemdrive>\<%systemroot%>\microsoft.net\framew ork\<version> in a command prompt and then type aspnet_regiis -i
Install Visual Studio
Create a new web project and specify the location (http://localhost/<appfoldername>)
Create/add code etc to the app
Hit CTRL + Shift + B to build the app
Hit F5, Ctrl + F5, or navigate to http://localhost/<appfoldername> in a browser to view the application.

Visual Studio automatically sets your app folder as an application in IIS.





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