Make Web.config transformations work locally

Question

I want to get web.config transformations working locally but apparently the transformations only occur when doing deployments.

Does anybody know of a way to run the

Answer 1

If you are using Visual Studio 2015, you can just right click on the transform of the desired environment, and click "View Preview" ... It will then generate the transform, and you can copy and paste that into the normal Web.config file for debugging purposes. Just don't commit it!

If you are using Visual Studio 2013, you can install the SlowCheetah - XML Transforms extension