Full 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.
Contents
Deployment Prerequisites.- The Unified Build Engine: MSBuild.- MSBuild: By Example.- Extending MSBuild.- Introducing Team Foundation Server and Team Build.- Deploying Smart Clients with ClickOnce.- ClickOnce Updates, Security, and the Bootstrapper.- The ClickOnce Data Directory and Deploying Prerequisites.- ClickOnce Tools and Scenarios.
