Web Application Projects vs Web Site Projects

Maor David had a great post on Web Application Projects vs Web Site Projects. Details is here: http://maordavid.blogspot.com/2007/06/aspnet-20-web-site-vs-web-application.html

There is also a great MSDN article on this: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730880(VS.80).aspx. Scroll down to the section "Comparing Web Site Projects and Web Application Projects".

In addition to the articles above, one thing I dislike the web site project is VS always put the solution file (.sln) is inside the My documents folder. I like to put the solution file in the same folder as the web site in. Here is the simple work around to do this:

1. Create a blank solution file first (file -> new project -> other project types -> virtual studio solutions -> blank solution).
2. Add the website in the solution (right click the blank solution -> Add new website).