With tools like git, NServiceBus, RoR and the rest, life seams to be better then ever.
With git I've managed to setup deployment with a matter of minutes. Just like this: http://blog.wekeroad.com/2009/11/23/deploying-a-web-application-with-git-and-ftp
There are other ways, probably even simplier: http://ayende.com/blog/4836/primitive-git-auto-deploy
Good luck!
