Hi All,

I would like to know what is the best practice for DNN development.

1. If I want to change some code on one module, do I need to open the whole dnn solution?
2. Do I need to compile everytime I made changes to the module?
3. I have dev server for my apps, but everytime I want to open the solution through my local computer, I always getting the error: "Unable to open the Web 'http://localhost/Dotnetnuke_2'. How to open/change the file on dev server through my local computer/laptop using VS2005?

Thanks.

I saw that nicholas replied my thread, but I cannot see the message. Please help...

Hi Nicholas,

I thank you for your promptly reply.

1. Where I can find each individual module project, is it on the Desktop Module folder? 
2. I am using a source pack, so, I have to compile each time made changes to the module. Do I have to build solution or compile only the specified module?
3. Lastly, after building about 1 year of DNN apps, I feel that I need to setup a development to production environment correctly and follow the procedure. What I would like to have is one dev server with VS and SQL Server install on that machine. One staging server and one production server. Any development should happen on the dev server such as try out a new module, etc. However, what is the best practice for this such of complete environment? How do we push the latest file back to the production without losing any current data on production? I would like to hear from each one of you who experience using DNN as live apps and the best practice to maintain it. Please point me to the good article as well. Thanks.