What is contained in a published ASP.net project?

Question

I developed a site in asp.net using C# as the language. I have debugged it and no more errors can be found and can also view the page from a browser. I would like to host this site and direct a client to it for demo purposes but am having a problem each time I publish my site. The publishing only does away with all my .aspx.cs files but I don't see any .exe file that I can install or send to my hosting provider.

I would like to know if this what I am experiencing is normal or there are settings I need to do in my visual studio 2013 ultimate edition for these tasks to be performed?

Kindly advise me on the way forward

Answer 1

ASP.NET applications (not "ASP.NET websites") are compiled into a .dll file in your bin folder, which is then deployed on to the server.

Your .aspx / .cshtml1 files reference compiled classes and types contained within this DLL, thus eliminating the need for source files.

Answer 2

There won't be any .exe files, you need to deploy your project to a web server, like IIS. Check out this link .