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 Inside the Microsoft˘î Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build (PRO-Developer) $49.99 I bought this item to use amongst our development team. Here's the first review I got back. "I only got through the fundemental chapters on msbuild but I felt it was very well written and gives plenty of sample code to dig through. Those chapters alone gave me a pretty decent understanding how project files work for the build process." -- Developer  Professional Team Foundation Server $39.99 This book help me to solve several problems in my company. I recommend. Fabio Camara  Windows Developer Power Tools: Turbocharge Windows Development with More Than 140 Free and Open Source Tools $59.99 DISCLAIMER: I personally know both authors. The book presents an exensive list of tools available to the .NET programmer. I agree with one of the reviewer that indicates that as soon as the book is published it is out of date; hence, some of the tools may be significantly changed or replaced by better tools. However, this problem is not unique to this book but applies to any book, particularly in technology. In spite of this obsolescence, the book provides a summary for what each tool can do and provides a starting point to do research on a tool that will help the reader perform their job more eficiently. I highly recommend this book because it is very comprehensive. In addition it has a number of Windows tools that are also very helpful in tasks that every developer has to do but are not related to writing code.  Deploying .NET Applications: Learning MSBuild and ClickOnce (Expert's Voice in .Net) $39.99 If you are new to using MSBuild or TeamBuild, don't waste your time trying to read instructions on Micosoft's site. Buy this book first and then go back to MS site later to get more information. Hashimi did a good job presenting an intro to MSBuild. I only read the first 5 chapters because the other chapters don't apply to me yet, and I thought they were straight forward and easy to understand. If you are familiar with MSBuild, unless you are trying to get info on Click once, using Microsoft's website will be the way to go to get more in depth info on MSBuild. |
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