Building a ASP.NET solution from command-line?

Question

How can I build an ASP.NET web application from the command line?

Answer 1

Try this in a .bat file, replace v4.0.30319 with the appropriate version:

CD C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 
msbuild "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyWebSite.sln"

Answer 2

Take a look at the devenv.exe /Build switch, you give it a solution file to build, e.g.

devenv.exe "C:\Documents and Settings\someuser\MySolution.sln" /build DEBUG

If you have more complex build requirements then look into MSBuild.