Unleash It is an advanced web development utility that helps developers transfer files from one directory to another, FTP site, or zip file. It is a powerful alternative to traditional utilities like XCopy and Visual Studio .NET's "Copy" functionality.
Unleash It, formerly known as WebDeploy, is a utility built with web developers in mind. It started as a simple application that would allow you to transfer files from one directory to another based on their file extension. Due to the growing nature of successful applications, and the need for more options, Unleash It grew to being able to transfer files based on a source directory or a Visual Studio Project to a destination directory, FTP site, or zip file.
Many have asked why Unleash It should be used over traditional utilities like XCopy, Visual Studio .NET’s “Copy” functionality, RoboCopy, etc. As each utility has their own pros and cons, Unleash It was built to try and brigve the gap between all other utilities, then expand on those features to make a well-rounded product.
Visual Studio 2005 will have some of the functionality Unleash It provides built directly into the IDE. However, it doesn't provide the leve of flexibility that Unleash It provides.
Unleash It is also a utility for which those users who do not own Visual Studio .NET, or do other programming (such as PHP or “Classic” ASP development) can use. The only thing Unleash It is dependant on, is having a Windows Operating System installed with the .NET Framework 1.1.
As such, putting everything else aside, Unleash It has been an accomplishment in development for myself. It truly has been a great utility to work on, and I will strive to make it the way YOU want it. However, some features just don’t “cut” it with my original mission statement for developing this utility, so some ideas may be left out. With that said, I think its useful to mention the original mission statement, one that hasn’t changed over the lifetime of this utility:
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