December 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1312 pages
35h 17m
English
Content preview from Windows Developer Power Tools
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
12.5 Managing Your Build Process Visually with MSBuild Sidekick
MSBuild, Microsoft’s build engine, was a great addition to Version 2.0 of the .NET Framework. It provides a way to create and manage complex build procedures using well-structured XML files. Unfortunately, as the build process grows in complexity, creating and maintaining these files can become extremely difficult. Additionally, working in straight XML can often be confusing, especially with complex files.
MSBuild Sidekick, created by Trivium Technologies, is a GUI for authoring MSBuild files (known as project files) that saves you the time it takes to master the MSBuild schema and provides an easy way to review and edit the build process. MSBuild Sidekick lets you construct the build process by selecting menu items and filling out properties forms, while keeping the hierarchical structure of the build process visible at all times. MSBuild Sidekick also provides a great way for investigating an existing build process by exposing its dependencies and allowing you to drill down through them with a click of the mouse.
| |
|---|---|
Tool | MSBuild Sidekick |
Version covered | 1.0 |
Home page | |
Power Tools page | |
Summary | A visual editor for creating and managing MSBuild and TFS Build Type files |
License type | Freeware |
Online resources | Tutorials, blog, email ... |
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.