Become a MSBuild "Expert" in 10 minutes

By Robb Schiefer

Elevator Pitch

In ten minutes, you will learn the basics of MSBuild, how it is used by Visual Studio and how to extend it to customized your build. This knowledge will make you the MSBuild “expert” in the office, the guy solving all the build issues and top of the list for a raise.

Description

MSBuild is the build system for .NET. It’s been used since the early days of .NET and recently announced to be the build engine going forward for .NET Core. It’s sad but very few developers even know the basics of how MSBuild works. In ten minutes, you will learn the basics of MSBuild, how it is used by Visual Studio and how to extend it to customized your build. This knowledge will make you the MSBuild “expert” in the office, the guy solving all the build issues and top of the list for a raise.