Deploying .Net Applications: Learning Msbuild and Clickonce

by Sayed Y. Hashimi

Book Overview

This book discusses the best ways to deploy applications developers are building using these new technologies. Since .NET 2.0 is a large release, significant adoptions of VS 2005 are expected and many people will be eager to learn about MSBuild and ClickOnce--information that this book cleanly and thoroughly provides.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590596528
• ISBN13: 9781590596524
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Intro Book to MSBuild/ TeamBuild

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.

Great Examples

I like the way this book is laid out and I like the examples. It is particularly useful to be able to download the examples and look at the code firsthand. This author actually reads his email and was willing to explain an item in more detail for me. I'm sure this book would be helpful to anyone needing to learn more about deployment using these methods.

ClickOnce... as easy as it gets

This book explains how to use ClickOnce in Real-World Scenarios. It does not only explain what you need to do to get ClickOnce running with your app, but also how things work behind the scenes, and why MS built ClickOnce the way they did. First we were a bit shy to use ClickOnce, because we thought it might be just another bloated MS Technology. Thanks to Sayeds Book, however, we spared the work to write our own solution, and we are confident to have the right solution for our needs. Thanks, Sayed!

a sweet little book which teaches the ins, outs, and subtleties of .NET deployment

Excerpt from C# Online.NET (CSharp-Online.NET) Review: "Deploying .NET Applications is a very readable little book designed to teach .NET developers the new deployment technologies. It covers virtually all of the deployment scenarios you might encounter. It works through numerous deployment examples using various options. And, it shows you how to extend MSBuild with custom loggers and tasks."