By Sayed Hashimi, William BartholomewPublished by Microsoft Press (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780735626287)As software complexity increases, proper build practices become ever more important. This essential reference drills inside MSBuildand shows how to maximize your control over the build and deployment process. Learn how to customize and extend build processes with MSBuildand scale them to the team, product, or enterprise level with Team Foundation Build. Discover how to: Create and modify MSBuild filesoutside 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 processadding 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 Buildand automate build from end to endSuperb Reading Features* Full book text search* Several fonts and themes to choose from* Built-in dictionary* The ability to add annotations* Landscape view* Extensive cross-referencing and working hyperlinks* Zoom function for images and screenshotsAbout LexcycleLexcycle is the creator of Stanza Bookbinder which was used to create this standalone book application. Stanza Bookbinder is based on the popular iPhone Ebook reading application, Stanza. For more information about Stanza, visit www.lexcycle.com.
