Advantages of the Visual InterDev Architecture

  • Several developers can work on files in the same web site without source control by creating their own local project files that point to the same web site. If source control must be more strict, InterDev supports Visual SourceSafe.
  • Both Visual InterDev and FrontPage developers can work on the same web site at the same time because both tools use FrontPage server extensions.
  • Scripts can be tested and HTML files may be viewed immediately because the master files are updated automatically on the web server when saved.
  • InterDev automatically configures the web server for changes such as database connections and global variables in the application.
  • Because all access to the server occurs through HTTP, physical access to the web server machine is unnecessary for the creation, modification, or removal of web application files. Content may be authored on a server on the other side of a firewall because proxy servers allow HTTP to pass through.