In our CI environment we build all the cs projects and then build the deployment projects. The deployment projects do an extra step of compiling the aspx & ascx files and often catch errors that would normally be caught at run time. 1) Is there a name for this step or process? 2) Can I get it in the regular project builds?3) Where can I learn about the various steps of building specifically to msbuild?Reading the logs in verbose I'd like to have a better understanding of what is actually happening.Thank you.
How is the build for a msdeployment project different than a regular web application project?
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Is there a name for this step or process?This additional step is the ASP.NET Compilation Tool, which compiles your aspx/ascx pages, to speed up first load times.Can I get it in the regular project builds?Yes - the AspNetCompiler Task will do this for you.Or you can invoke aspnet_compiler.exe directly.