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webdev.webserver.exe is a development web server included with Visual Studio.

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Is Visual Studio 2010 WebDev WebServer (Cassini) 64-bit compatible?

I'm now developing on Visual Studio 2008 on a 64-bit OS (Windows Server 2008 64-bit). While the apps I write are 64-bit capable, as is IIS7, the built-in ASP.NET Development Server (aka Cassini aka WebDev.Webserver.exe) runs as 32-bit. This brings…
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Unable to map an HttpHandler to a "path/*" wildcard mapping

So I've been trying to map an http module to a sub-path of an MVC3 site. It should be pretty simple as I understand it, but it has not been working. The module is setup like so:
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How can I stop Visual Studio running all my web services

How to stop Visual Studio 2008 from automatically running my web services. I have a large Visual Studio 2008 solution that contains a number of web app projects and also several wcf web services. I have set the solution to have only one startup…
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Is there a way to add a virtual directory to Visual Studio Development Server?

I'm using the Visual Studio Development Server, with a specific port. Is there a way to add a virtual directory to it? EDIT: Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'd like to be able to add one or more virtual directories to arbitrary physical directories. …
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Firebug equivalent for Internet Explorer

I am looking for a tool/add-on like Firebug on Firefox ( that is immensely useful for debugging web applications) which works for Internet Explorer. Any suggestions ? -thanks
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stop development server when i stop debugging

How can automatically I stop the development web server when I stop debugging in Visual Studio?
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How to utilize WebDev.WebServer.exe (VS Web Server) in x64?

Visual Studio is x86 until at least the 2010 release comes around update: this is still an issue in VS2010, there is no native 64bit Cassini support. My question is can anyone think of a way or know of an independent ASP.NET debug server that's x64…
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Connect remotely to WebDev.WebServer.exe

Developing an ASP.Net website. Running IE8. Need to test website under IE6. MultipleIE6 install broken by IE8 install (can't type in textboxes, yes I deleted cache, yes I re-registered the dll's). Created VPC running IE6. Can't connect to host…
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Visual Studio 2010 debug in a fixed port

Is it possible to choose a fixed port for the Visual Studio 2010 debug webserver?
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Why does SimpleHTTPServer redirect to ?querystring/ when I request ?querystring?

I like to use Python's SimpleHTTPServer for local development of all kinds of web applications which require loading resources via Ajax calls etc. When I use query strings in my URLs, the server always redirects to the same URL with a slash…
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How do I stop the Development Server starting during Unit Testing?

I have a Visual Studio 2008 solution that contains around 30 projects. Some of these are web services / WCF services / ASP.NET MVC applications. When I run all unit tests (Ctr+R, A) it insists on spinning up all the Development Servers for these…
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Dev server for Java, like VS has for .NET?

I am on a Java learning spree recently, however I am normally a .NET developer. (So please forgive my newbie questions.) In .Net I can develop ASP.Net pages without using IIS, as it has a watered down web server (Cassini, I think it's called). Does…
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Why would my ASP.NET project run on the development server when not among the startup projects?

I have a visual studio 2008 solution that includes an asp.net-hosted remoting project in c#. The solution also contains other c# projects and c++ projects. When debugging the interaction between my c# client and the asp.net server, the debugging is…
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How to install WebDev.WebServer.exe as a Standalone application?

How can I install Visual Studio's Web Development Server (WebDev.WebServer.exe) as a Standlone application? So that our web designers can get the latest code from SVN, then run the MSBuild batch file to build the code, and then run a batch file to…
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Is it possible to directly connect frontend to the database?

I came across this joke the other day. Someone on the internet was asking why do we need a backend, just connect the frontend to the database. It seemed funny at first, but really is it possible to create a framework which handles frontend and…
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