title: How to run asp.net project on localhost:xxxx without Visual studio?
body: <p>I recently installed <a href="https://www.devexpress.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DevExpress</a> on my machine, when running it's demos</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cRsO6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cRsO6.png" alt="DevExpress demo"></a></p>
  
  <p>I found that the it was able to run the project on <a href="http://localhost:xxxx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost:xxxx</a>.</p>
  
  <p>My question is:</p>
  
  <p>What DevExpress is doing behind the scenes to run a project on localhost without Visual studio?</p>
  
  <p>I found this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/23622613/2404470">question</a>, however it only clarifies how can the project "run" <strong>manually</strong> without Visual Studio. DevExpress is programmatically running the demo project without my manual help.</p>
  
  <p>Any idea? Kind folks?</p>