Setup Matters

I'm obviously a bit biased, but I think this episode a great introduction to Imports in MSBuild. We not only dig into the mechanics of Import but also explore some MSBuild conventions and why the conventions exist.

In our ongoing series of summer-related introductions, today is a very warm day for me here on the coast of Lake Michigan but Rob is under a heat advisory in the normally temperate Washington state, about 10 degrees warmer. My air conditioning is keeping my office almost too cold and Rob's is...not working at all. So to minimize the heat, we didn't dawdle and got through our triage quickly. Just a couple more months until Halloween season...

The FireGiant Cinematic Universe added another character to the Deployment Dojo in Episode 2, the one and only Bob Arnson. David was away on business so Bob stepped in for our lesson on MSBuild Targets. We cover a lot about this fundamental MSBuild concept.

It's summer here in the Northern Hemisphere and the angry day star is making things hot and sweaty. A great alternative is staying in an air-conditioned office fixing bugs and adding features to your favorite open-source project. You can also try fixing bugs and adding features to your favorite open-source project from the beach, but the sand gets everywhere.

As you might have heard, WiX v6.0.1 is coming out and its coming out day is today. WiX v6.0.1 is now available for your packaging pleasure.

Whoo! I'm so happy to be back in the Deployment Dojo. Season 2 is here and we will be exploring MSBuild. That may be a bit of a surprise but setup development often requires working closely with the build system. So this season let's level up our MSBuild skills.