Be careful when Git suppresses bin Folders
Warns about overly broad bin rules in .gitignore files, which can unintentionally exclude binaries from versioned SDKs and toolsets in self-contained development trees.
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Installing of SDKs, Visual Studio and additional toolsets on build machines
Why build machines need the actual SDKs installed, not just referenced targets, for MSBuild to reliably build Silverlight and web-application projects.
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Toolset agnostic build server and Silverlight projects
Explains why Silverlight and Web Application projects require Microsoft.WebApplication.targets at Visual Studio's expected MSBuild location, and how to work around this dependency on a toolset-free continuous integration server.
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Running StyleCop without an installation to empower continuous integration
How to run StyleCop on a minimal Continuous Integration server without installing it by storing the required assemblies and MSBuild target in the project's DevTree.
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Using NuGet in a MSBuild-target to have the packages at the last stand
How to integrate NuGet package restore into an MSBuild target, keeping dependencies out of source control while ensuring Visual Studio and CI builds restore the required package versions.
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About trials, spikes, samples, prototypes and clean code
A DevTree folder structure for separating experimental trials, spikes, samples, prototypes, and clean production code according to their purpose and maturity.
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Whitepaper “Aufbau eines pragmatisch smarten DevTree“
Ein pragmatischer DevTree bündelt Sourcecode, Bibliotheken, Build-Tools und weitere Entwicklungsartefakte im Versions-Repository, um reproduzierbare Builds, Continuous Integration und eine effiziente Zusammenarbeit zu ermöglichen.
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