Deploying .NET Applications: Learning MSBuild and ClickOnce (Expert's Voice in .Net) (Paperback)

~ Sayed Y. Hashimi (Author), (Author)
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Product Description

Whether building a console application, a web service, or a smart client, you eventually need to distribute your finished work. Deploying .NET Applications is a complete guide to delivering applications built with .NET. Packed with hands-on guidance, practical examples, and war stories from the authors many experiences with deployment scenarios, this book provides everything you need to know.

The book begins by introducing the deployment problem, then examines why deployment is an engineering problem for organizations. Subsequent chapters provide detail about deploying each type of application, then discuss automated deployments. Youll want to get ahold of this book because it

• Includes hands-on detail about the newest deployment tools, MSBuild and ClickOnce
• Discusses many best practices of .NET 2.0 software deployment
• Covers details about automating new software deployments

About the Author

Sayed Y. Hashimi is a consultant and trainer in Jacksonville, Florida. Sayed has worked for startups and Fortune 100 companies. He has developed large-scale distributed applications with a variety of programming languages and platforms, including C++, Java, and .NET. Sayed has published in major software journals on topics ranging from low-level programming techniques to high-level architecture concepts.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590596528
• ISBN-13: 978-1590596524
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #405,955 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overview but little details, January 16, 2007

By	J. Leonard "redmondjoe" (Redmond, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is just an overview summary of MSBuild. Lots of properties are mentioned but no indication of how to use them and what the parameters are. However, it seems to be the only book on the market. Read this book first then you must go to MSDN to get the details. MSBuild in general is not very well documented. These authors do not give any practical examples unfortunately.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ClickOnce... as easy as it gets, November 10, 2006

By	Matthias Hess - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Examples, January 22, 2007

By	bjm "bjm" (Jackson, MS) - See all my reviews

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.