Best way to deploy a web app to production

My technique for deploying an ASP.NET webapp into production is as follows:

Client:

• Select 'Release' mode and then right-click to publish.
• Go manually to the publish folder and zip contents.
• Now transfer to server by FTP.

Server:

• Unzip folder contents.
• Stop IIS.
• Deploy new folder contents for web app.
• Start IIS.

I don't stop the databas开发者_如何学编程e or run any additional tools to promote to production. It's a small company, and this seems fine. What's wrong with this technique in your opinion?

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You dont need to ZIP. Just publish via PUBLISH in the VS to your server. IIS processes will be killed and be restarted anyhow.

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Check this out http://www.iis.net/download/webdeploy

Web Deployment Tool works with both IIS6 and IIS7 and enables automated copy deployment, file synchronization, and migrating of applications onto web servers.

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The only thing wrong with your approach is the manual intervention needed. I strongly encourage you to read Continuous Delivery.

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Scott Hanselman did a presentation about the web deployment stuff in VS at MIX in 2010:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX10/FT14

Scott could probably do an entertaining presentation about drying paint, so it's worth a look if you have a chance.