When I first found out about MSBuild SideKick , I was excited. I thought that finally there's a slim chance that I won't have to edit dreaded XML files, and instead use a point and click interface, like god intended. I even pointed to Matan's Blog , which is one of the guys behind this tool so you can...

Update : Downloading the latest version of hte Sidekick tool fixes the problem mentioned here. See this comment from Matan: "Please download the latest version of the MSBuild Sidekick - that should take care of the non-MSBuild parts not being saved problem. We've released a patch for it less than a day...

Phil just posted a couple of MSBuild tasks that he uses to synchronize the schema and data of two databases , using the API's for RedGate's SqlCompare (for schema) and SqlDataCompare (for data). The next project build server I set up I will try these out for size. It would be nice to be able...

Here is a screencast that demonstrates how to build and run tests using .NET 1.1 from inside Visual Studio 2005 using TestDriven.NET 2.0. Under the covers this functionality uses MSBee (MSBuild Extras Toolkit for .NET 1.1) to build target assemblies that are compatible with .NET 1.1. Any build errors...

Joe & The VB Team has a tip for building Orcas projects with Expression Blend 2 . This trick allows Blend2 to build projects using MSBuild 3.5 (the version Orcas uses). This should mean that projects created using Silverlight tools for Orcas will be compatible with Blend2. It does appear to fix the...

Here is a screencast that demonstrates how to build and run tests using .NET 1.1 from inside Visual Studio 2005 using TestDriven.NET 2.0. Under the covers this functionality uses MSBee (MSBuild Extras Toolkit for .NET 1.1) to build target assemblies that are compatible with .NET 1.1. Any build errors...

Phil just posted a couple of MSBuild tasks that he uses to synchronize the schema and data of two databases , using the API's for RedGate's SqlCompare (for schema) and SqlDataCompare (for data). The next project build server I set up I will try these out for size. It would be nice to be able...

Update : Downloading the latest version of hte Sidekick tool fixes the problem mentioned here. See this comment from Matan: "Please download the latest version of the MSBuild Sidekick - that should take care of the non-MSBuild parts not being saved problem. We've released a patch for it less than a day...

There are a number of new features in TestDriven.Net 2.10 that I want to highlight (apart from the VS 2008 crash workaround ). The one I'm going to focus on here is subtle, but significant I believe - especially for people working with large solutions. Smart build is a new optimization that allows you...