I create Module for DNN everyday and I debug constantly. I also have very little patience. So here is what works for me:

I use either of these set-ups:

I use "using IIS" when I have a module that is one of a kind and part of a site that I have a live version on my public server. For all others I use the "without IIS"

For my "without IIS" modules I create a separate installation (using SQL Server Express) for each one. It takes less than 2 minutes to set up "without IIS".

The Development environment only has DotNetNuke with the HTML module and the module I am working on. This debugs fast and easy. I can easily back up the App_Code and Desktopmodules folders for versioning.

On my Windows XP machine at home I have about 20 folders of modules I am "working on". When I decide to work on a module I open Visual Studio (or Visual Web Developer Express) and then go to FILE then OPEN WEB SITE. The site opens and I start coding. To debug I simply click the debug button and it works.

[QUOTE]rodneyjoyce wrote
Out of interest, how long does your site take to reload after you make a change (without attaching the debugger?)
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With either of the two methods I indicated you simply save the page (even if it's a class file in the app_code directory) and then refresh the page in your web browser. It usually takes 3 seconds for a normal page to recompile page and 10 seconds for a file in the app_code directory (because all the files in a single directory in the app_code need to recompile because they are compiled in one assembly).

The entire site does not have to reload. Only the change you made. Also for any file not in the app_code directory you can use "Build Page" to just compile that page to detect any changes and it only takes 3 seconds (with pages in the app_code your only option is "Build Site" this puts you into a full recompile so when yu can you just want to simply save the page and refresh your web browser).

I have used the WAP method and yes it always compiles in about 3 seconds, but then the entire DNN site has to reload and for me it was 20+ seconds.