We wrote FlubuCore (rewrite of Flubu). It’s an open source C# library for building projects and executing deployment scripts using C# code. Main advantages of flubu that I see are: .Net Core support. Easy to learn and to use because you write build script entirely in C#. Fluent interface and intelisense. Quite a lot of … Read more
The NAntContrib assumes .NET Framework V2.0. If you want to use .NET 3.5, you’ll need to call MsBuild.exe directly. As you upgrade to new versions of .NET, you need only modify the MSBuildPath property. Here’s an example: <property name=”MSBuildPath” value=”C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe”/> <target name=”build”> <exec program=”${MSBuildPath}”> <arg line=””${SolutionFile}”” /> <arg line=”/property:Configuration=${SolutionConfiguration}” /> <arg value=”/target:Rebuild” /> <arg value=”/verbosity:normal” … Read more
The rules are: a single star (*) matches zero or more characters within a path name a double star (**) matches zero or more characters across directory levels a question mark (?) matches exactly one character within a path name Another way to think about it is double star (**) matches slash (/) but single … Read more
I’ve done a similar investigation this week. Here’s what I’ve been able to determine: NAnt: Cross-platform (supports Linux/Mono). It may be handy for installing a web site to multiple targets (that is, Linux Apache and Windows IIS), for example. 95% similar in syntax to Ant (easy for current Ant users or Java builders to pick … Read more
Cookies are sent from the user’s web browser. When you execute a php script from the command line, there is no browser to send or receive cookies. There is no way to access or save cookies and nothing is sent to the script except the parameters you pass on the command line. That being said, … Read more