I’ve written about pre-build events before on another web site. These are a great tools for when you need to perform an action prior to a project being built; however, there can be a few gotchas to keep in mind. Using Pre-build Events with Command Line DevEnv
As part of the article linked above I indicated that the pre and post build events would not fire if you executed the build using the devenv command line.
Wow, it’s been over a month since I last posted a .Net Nugget. Sorry about that. I started this one about two weeks ago and have been slowly updating the draft as I found time. It might have come out sooner if I hadn’t gotten Mass Effect.
As a developer, XML and related technologies are an excellent (almost mandatory) tool to have in your toolbox. Not just knowing what XML is and being able to throw some angle brackets together to produce a simple XML document, but being familiar with the power of related technology like XSLT as well.
With .Net 3.5 coming out soon many developers are hyped about the Language Integrated Query, or LINQ features. In a nutshell LINQ allows you to write queries within your managed code that can run across in-memory objects, databases, XML, and more. You can even execute a query across a set of objects and join against a XML document to produce your results. If you haven’t heard much about LINQ then I highly suggest reading over the link above and then take a peek at what’s possible via the 101 LINQ Samples page.