I am bleeding edge from the web perspective Building SPA with EF, SignalR, Knockout.js, who needs MVC controllers when you got Web API (which btw are .Net versions of J2EE Servlets) Also, from Visual Studio point of view I created my own template and project creation automation tied in with SVN, IIS, and TeamCity. Having too much fun! Essentially you check in a project as your "Template" Click a button.. creates a new project using the latest from the "Template" project Checks that new project in Creates the IIS Entry on the respective "Stage" or "Production" environment Creates the TeamCity build configuration which allows for auto-deploy to "Stage" environment or a push to "Production" button Wrap this with a CMS, lots of fun! :P