how do i publish my asp.net project to my local iis?

I've been looking and I've seen a few how-tos but I find them to be somewhat confusing.

Does anyone have a good tutorial or step by step writeup that's easy to follow for a newbie

Solution

If you're just looking to run your application under IIS, setting up a virtual directory is pretty straightforward. If you're looking to test publish a build, the web deployment project is the way to go (you can do it from the command line and in VS.Net, it enables a "Publish" right-click option).