NOTE. I am a Java developer veteran (10yrs) and recently decided to make something interesting and move on to the ASP.NET/C# world. So the question is ...
I have a business requirement for creating an ASP.NET web application that can be installed in a "corporate data center" for use by the entire organization or can be downloaded by one user and run on their desktop (provided that WinXP or higher ) Installing a web application in a corporate environment is simple, but allowing single users to download a file, double-click, and then access the application through their web browser is a completely different story.
To solve the single-user issue in Java, I would just bundle the Jetty web application server in my application and configure the WAR file to start the web server and launch the web application when someone double-clicks on it.
Is there any way in the .NET world to do something like this? Are there other .NET web application containers that I could associate with my application? Do I need to create an installation wizard that will configure IIS on the user's computer?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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