Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build - Softcover

Hashimi, Sayed; Bartholomew, William

 
9780735626287: Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0735626286 ISBN 13: 9780735626287
Publisher: Microsoft Press, 2009

Synopsis

As software complexity increases, proper build practices become ever more important. This essential reference drills inside MSBuild—and shows how to maximize your control over the build and deployment process. Learn how to customize and extend build processes with MSBuild—and scale them to the team, product, or enterprise level with Team Foundation Build.

Discover how to:

  • Create and modify MSBuild files—outside the Visual Studio IDE
  • Use XML-based syntax to declare dynamic properties and items
  • Apply built-in tasks or write your own
  • Customize the build process—adding code generation, unit testing, or code analysis

  • Use batching and incremental builds to reduce build times
  • Invoke external tools in scripts and create reusable files
  • Start and stop services
  • Set assembly versions and extend the clean process
  • Configure, customize, and extend Team Build—and automate build from end to end

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About the Author

Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi is a consultant, trainer, and senior software developer who has designed large-scale, distributed applications using a variety of programming languages and platforms, including Microsoft .NET, C++, and Java. This is his third book on MSBuild.

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Publisher
Microsoft Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0735626286
ISBN 13 
9780735626287
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
432