Start Development Web Server Using Powershell Inside Visual Studio 2010

I have a WCF service that is hosted in a Development Web Server (locally) that supports a SharePoint 2010 custom web application. It is a hassle to drive into large solutions to start the server, so I wrote a little script.

Here is the script that starts the Development Web Server (Cassini) inside Visual Studio 2010 using Powershell.

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Start-DevWebServer.ps1 Source:

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param(  $rootpath,  $port = 8383,  $virtualpath = '/' )   Kill -name WebDev.WebServer*;   & 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\10.0\WebDev.WebServer40.EXE' /path:"$rootpath" /port:$port /vpath:"$virtualpath "

Here is an easy copy and paste line that you can throw into a Powershell console or Package Manager Console inside Visual Studio 2010.

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Copy/Paste:

1 2	Kill -name WebDev.WebServer*;& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\10.0\WebDev.WebServer40.EXE' /path:"C:\TFS\<tfsproject>\Main\Source\<servicename>" /port:8383 /vpath:"/"; </servicename></tfsproject>