MSBuild Resources

Concepts

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637714.aspx
• MSBuild Reserved and Well-Known Properties
• Target Maps

MSBuild Source Code

• https://github.com/Microsoft/MSBuild
• https://source.dot.net
• Use http://referencesource.microsoft.com or http://source.roslyn.io to browse Microsoft MSBuild targets. Examples:
  • search for "_FindDependencies MSBuildProperty"
  • find targets http://referencesource.microsoft.com/#MSBuildTarget=ResolveAssemblyReferences

Tips & Tricks

• MSBuild Tips & Tricks

Tools

• MSBuildStructuredLog
  • https://github.com/KirillOsenkov/MSBuildStructuredLog
• MSBuildExtensionPack
  • http://www.msbuildextensionpack.com
  • https://github.com/mikefourie/MSBuildExtensionPack
• MSBuilder
  • https://github.com/MobileEssentials/MSBuilder - reusable blocks of MSBuild helpers
• MSBuildExplorer
  • http://msbuildexplorer.com
  • https://github.com/mikefourie/MSBuildExplorer
• MSBuild Sidekick
  • http://attrice.info/msbuild
• MSBuildDumper
  • https://github.com/KirillOsenkov/MSBuildTools - install from Chocolatey cinst MSBuildDumper - very quick tool to dump properties and items of a project
• MSBuild Profiler
  • https://msbuildprofiler.codeplex.com/
• MSBuild Shell Extension
  • https://msbuildshellex.codeplex.com/

Books

• Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build (2nd Edition) by Sayed Hashimi, William Bartholomew
• MSBuild Trickery: 99 Ways to Bend the Build Engine to Your Will, by Brian Kretzler

Blogs

• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msbuild
• Sayed Hashimi's blog http://sedodream.com
• Mike Fourie's blog https://mikefourie.wordpress.com