This posts covers how to best optimize the build performance with Visual Studio 2005 when using web projects. If you are experiencing slow buildsor want to learn how to speed them up please read on. Quick Background on VS 2005 Web Site Projectand VS 2005 Web Application Project options VS 2005 supports two project-model options: VS 2005 Web Site Projects and VS 2005 Web Application Projects. VS 2005 Web Site Projects were built-in with the initial VS 2005 release, and provide a project-less based model for doing web development that uses that same dynamic compilation system that ASP.NET 2.0 uses at runtime. VS 2005 Web Application Projects were released as a fully supported download earlier this spring, and provide a project model that uses...(read more)