Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi sayedihashimi

MSBuild Feedback

This feedback is on the experience of using MSBuild, not just on msbuild.exe

Not in any order, I may sort them later.

Today creating and maintaining MSBuild scripts is challenging. Some of the challenges for the user include.

	<configuration>
	<connectionStrings>
	<clear/>
	<add name="Default" connectionString="Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=Sample01;Integrated Security=True;" />
	</connectionStrings>

	<appSettings>
	<add key="contactEmail" value="contact@demo.example.com"/>
	<add key="siteUrl" value="http://demo.example.com"/>
	</appSettings>

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
	<!--
	You can use this file to disable pre and post events globally across both MSBuild and Visual Studio.

	To use this file, you have two options.
	1. Save this file as C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\v14.0\Custom.After.Microsoft.Common.targets
	Or whatever the value of the MSBuild property $(CustomAfterMicrosoftCommonTargets).
	2. Save this file to a random location, lets say C:\temp\msbuild\nopreorpostevents.targets,
	then set the CustomAfterMicrosoftCommonTargets env var to point to that file. Then start Visual Studio.

	function Measure-Directory{
	[cmdletbinding()]
	param(
	[Parameter(Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
	[System.IO.DirectoryInfo[]]$path,

	[switch]$recurse
	)
	process{
	foreach($srcpath in $path){

	function Get-ScriptDirectory{
	split-path (((Get-Variable MyInvocation -Scope 1).Value).MyCommand.Path)
	}
	$scriptDir = ((Get-ScriptDirectory) + "\")

	Add-Type -Path (Join-Path $scriptDir 'bin\Geoffry.Watch.dll')

	$watcherdef = New-Object -TypeName 'Geoffry.Watch.WatchDefinition'
	$watcherdef.GlobbingPattern = '*/.css'
	$watcherdef.RootDirectory = (Join-Path $scriptDir 'src\css')

	# Based on:
	# http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/07/23/use-powershell-to-modify-your-environmental-path.aspx
	# Based on:
	# http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/07/23/use-powershell-to-modify-your-environmental-path.aspx
	function Add-Path{
	[cmdletbinding()]
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipeline=$True,Position=0)]
	[string[]]$pathToAdd
	)

	{
	"Settings": {
	"RootUrl": "http://contoso.com",
	"AdminEmail": "admin@contoso.com",
	"LoggingId": "a4acff0b-c3e3-4344-94eb-264b71840f3e"
	},
	"Data": {
	"DefaultConnection": {
	"ConnectionString": "Server=tcp:contoso.database.windows.net,1433;Database=contoso_db;User ID=contosodbuser@contoso;Password=my-actual-prod-password;Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True;Connection Timeout=30;"
	},

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<!--
	This file is used by the publish/package process of your Web project. You can customize the behavior of this process
	by editing this MSBuild file. In order to learn more about this please visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
	-->
	<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
	<PropertyGroup>
	<WebPublishMethod>FileSystem</WebPublishMethod>
	<LastUsedBuildConfiguration>Release</LastUsedBuildConfiguration>
	<LastUsedPlatform>Any CPU</LastUsedPlatform>


	# OPTION 1
	$itemTemplate = new-itemtemplate 'aspnet5-empty' 'ASP.NET 5 empty project' -properties @{
	DefaultProjectName = 'MyEmptyProject'
	LicenseUrl = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ligershark/pecan-waffle/master/LICENSE'
	ProjectUrl = 'https://github.com/ligershark/pecan-waffle'
	GitUrl = 'https://github.com/ligershark/pecan-waffle.git'
	GitBranch = 'master'
	BeforeInstall = { 'before install' \| Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan}
	AfterInstall = { 'after install' \| Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan}