Inside The Microsoft Build Engine: Using Msbuild And Team Foundation Build

Inside The Microsoft Build Engine: Using Msbuild And Team Foundation Build Book Description

A practical guide to effectively using, customizing, and extending the build engine.
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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