Maven for other languages? [closed]

Here’s some I know of. As to whether they are the most appropriate tool for a given language, form your own opinion. .Net: NMaven and dotnet-maven-plugin AspectJ: aspectj-maven-plugin (still Java I know but worth mentioning) c/c++: native-maven-plugin compile with compilers such as gcc, msvc, etc … Google Web Toolkit gwt-maven-plugin PHP: Maven for PHP Ruby: … Read more

How to get cmd line build command for VS solution?

Navigate to your Programs menu > Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 > Visual Studio Tools > Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt. this command prompt has all the necessary .NET environment variables set for the the command line session. You can change directory to your solution directory (e.g. c:\projects\mySolution) and run Msbuild.exe mySolution.sln You can see the … Read more

Disabling the *.vshost.exe and miscellaneous files from being created on build

Switch to the Release configuration. Then Project + Properties, Debug tab, untick the “Enable the Visual Studio hosting process” option. Build + Clean, you can delete anything that’s left and it won’t come back. That this option is turned on by default for the Release build is, arguably, a bit of a flaw but defensible. … Read more

How to get Visual Studio ‘Publish’ functionality to include files from post build event?

I answered a similar but different question at How do you include additional files using VS2010 web deployment packages?. In your scenario you are using post build event, I would recommend dropping the post build event and implement your actions using your own MSBuild targets instead of post build event. Below you’ll find the text … Read more