What is the difference between a web site and a web application?
FROM MCTS SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT
Web applications and websites function and perform similarly, but web applications differ from websites in several important ways. For example, with a web application:
■ You can create an MVC application.
■ Visual Studio stores the list of files in a project file (.csproj or .vbproj), rather than relying on the folder structure.
■ You cannot mix Visual Basic and C#.
■ You cannot edit code without stopping a debugging session.
■ You can establish dependencies between multiple web projects.
■ You must compile the application before deployment, which prevents you from testing a page if another page will not compile.
■ You do not have to store the source code on the server.
■ You can control the assembly name and version.
■ You cannot edit individual files after deployment without recompiling.
WEB APPLICATION
WEB SITE PROJECT
The source code is typically compiled dynamically (automatically) by ASP.NET on the server the first time a request is received after the site has been installed or updated.
You can precompile the site (compile in advance on a development computer or on the server). By default, compilation produces multiple assemblies.
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