How do I keep the development web server (Cassini) running in Visual Studio 2008?

Question

I\'m using Visual Studio 2008 to develop ASP.NET applications. Currently I\'m debugging with running on IIS. I would like to switch to the development web server (Cassini) f

Answer 1

Once started, the built-in web server continues executing even when you stop debugging, as long as your VS2008 project is still open. Just start up the debugger when you want to start debugging again. I typically have another browser window open and interact with the built-in web server from there instead of the browser window that it opens so I can keep working with the application in the same state even after turning off the debugger (which closes the opened browser window).

I'm running VS2008 on Windows XP SP3.