Anyone who has created a Web project using Visual Studio .NET 2002 is aware
that VS.NET ties the location of the Web project to a virtual directory on
Internet Information Server (IIS). The name of the project folder must be
identical to the name of this virtual directory so that the project can be
accessed from http://localhost/. This strict mapping between the
project folder name and virtual directory name has some undesirable
consequences, as we shall see, especially when multiple developers are
sharing a .NET development server (e.g., by connecting remotely through
Terminal Services).
For example, we have established a shared development server running Windows
2000 Server with Sharepoint Portal Server 2001, which allows our developers
to independently ... (more)