how do you debug asp.net startup issues using the development server?

Gene801

ticklishsnake260

If you're having issues with your ASP.NET website startup, it could be due to a number of things. One way to debug this is to use the development server.

The development server is IIS Express, which comes with Visual Studio. When you start your website in Visual Studio, it runs IIS Express and your website on your local machine. This can be helpful for debugging startup issues, because you can see exactly what's going on.

To use the development server to debug startup issues, open your website in Visual Studio and select Debug > Start Debugging or press F5. This will start IIS Express and your website. You can then use the debugger to step through your code and see what's happening.

If you're still having issues, it could be due to a configuration issue. In that case, you can check the event log or the applicationHost.config file to see what's going on.

ticklishgoose726

The Visual Studio 2013 debugger can be used to debug ASP.NET web applications that are started with the ASP.NET Development Server. This server is used to host web applications that are being developed and tested on the local machine.

To debug an ASP.NET web application that is started with the Visual Studio 2013 ASP.NET Development Server:

Open the web application in Visual Studio.
In the Solution Explorer, right-click the web application and select Properties.
In the Properties window, select the Web tab.
In the Server drop-down list, select ASP.NET Development Server.
In the Project Url text box, enter the URL of the ASP.NET Development Server.
By default, this URL is http://localhost:<port number>/, where <port number> is the number of the port on which the ASP.NET Development Server is running.
Select the Enable debugging check box.
7.Click OK.
Set a breakpoint in the code.
In Visual Studio, from the Debug menu, select Start Debugging.

The ASP.NET Development Server will now start and the web application will be loaded in the browser. When the breakpoint is hit, the debugger will be activated and you can step through the code.