Running ASP.NET MVC website on Windows XP/IIS 5.1

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If your development environment is still using Windows XP Pro and need to run ASP.NET MVC web application, probably you are running the app from the Visual Studio IDE. Why not using IIS ? Well, technically it is possible to run ASP.NET MVC web application on IIS 5.1 but requires too many action as described in this post.

If those steps is too cumbersome for you then you can consider using Ultidev’s Cassini web server. It’s a small download and you can get a powerful ASP.NET (MVC) compatible web server in just 2 easy steps:

1. Open cassini web server and setup your app.

Go to “Start | Programs | Ultidev | Cassini Web Server | Cassini Web Server Explorer”. Click the “Register Application” button and insert the detail info of your app and click the “save” button.

2. Click on the application name and you’re ready to go.