XmlSelectNodes Task for MSBuild Since MSBuild ships with only a core set of intrinsic tasks, we recently downloaded the MSBuild community tasks and went to town with experimenting converting some of our existing nAnt scripts to MSBuild. We use nAnt’s xmlpeek/xmlpoke quite a bit to tweak our .NET config files for different deployment targets. I noticed the community tasks project had a […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Introducing XmlSelectNodes Task for MSBuild We started working with MSBuild recently and I had to write my own task for selecting XML nodes out of documents. Here’s an article that covers my experience in detail complete with source code for the Task. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Today Was MSBuild Learning Day Today was a learning day for me. The subject? MSBuild. I was familiar with the basics and have used nAnt for a while now, but now that Mimeo’s getting ready to transition to VS 2005 + Team Foundation Build we really want to know what we’re going to have to do to migrate our existing scripts. […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Peter Provost in love with MSH too Peter just posted a nice little MSH script for listing out csproj files and their guids. Feeling inspired, here’s one I wrote that helps me find all projects that reference another project: get-childitem -Include *.csproj -Recurse | where-object { ([xml](get-content $_)).SelectSingleNode(‘//*[local-name() = “ProjectReference”]/*[local-name() = “Name” and text() = “<your project name here>”]’) -ne $null } […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Want to be a WPF Evangelist? Want to be a WPF Evangelist? Here’s your chance. It’s times like these that make me wonder if my company realizes how lucky they are that I’m so loyal. ;P Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
VS 2005 Web Application Project Goes RC You can read about what’s new/fixed in the RC here on Scott’s weblog, download it here and, for more info on why this new project type was created, check out this MSDN article. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
TFSC MSH Provider Implementation Wow, ask and ye shall receive! James Manning has released an initial implentation of an MSH provider for TFSC. Make sure to check out the MSH Community Workspace, where he contributed the source, too! Update: James contacted me to let me know about two things: I had a little typo in the title (“TSFC” instead of “TFSC”) which I’ve fixed I […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Karsten on the WPF Learning Curve Karsten Januszewski posted a great entry yesterday about the learning curve of WPF. Basically the general message you get for WPF is that it’s going to make our lives simpler and improve the developer and designer experience such that you’ll be able to crank out great looking, functional, feature rich apps all day long. I personally agree with this […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Wondering about WPF as it relates to hardware acceleration…? Well, wonder no more. Pablo Fernicola lays down the nitty gritty of hardware rendering in WPF. If you wondered exactly which pieces are GPU accelerated and which pieces still require CPU resources, this is the article to read. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
WPF Performance Blog Stumbled across the blog of Tim Cahill today. Apparently he’s the man to talk to when it comes to WPF performance. Playing with WPF and having some problems squeezing every last ounce out of CPU and GPU? Check out his blog for ways to analyze and optimize your WPF apps! Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
