As you have experienced yourself developing a web application isn’t that easy and quite time consuming. You spend a lot of hours thinking about software design, security problems and of course how to improve end user’s usability. Why not lowering the barrier for installing (trying out) your software - using a common technology.
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Goal:This project will enable you to build a Windows Installer package for your Web Application within
30 minutes- by only utilizing open source software.
The following technologies are supported:
- Scripting:
- Databases:
- Microsoft SQL Server (2005 and 2008)
- MySQL Server
See the steps - one by one: Screen1 You will be able to create a
MSI that is cabable of:
- Creating a new website
- Adding a virtual directory to an existing website
- Creating an application pool and setting up a website/folder as ASP.NET 2 application
- Creating a new Microsoft SQL Database, Logins and Users
- Configuring your web application (e.g. web.config) and setting values collected in wizard mode
- A lot of user guidance, messages and validations
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Projects using the WAI template Don't believe it can be done in 30 minutes? - check it out!web application installer - V2
