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.
Table of Content
Deployment Prerequisites.- The Unified Build Engine: MSBuild.- MSBuild: By Example.- Extending MSBuild.- Introducing Team Foundation Server and Team Build.- Deploying Smart Clients with Click Once.- Click Once Updates, Security, and the Bootstrapper.- The Click Once Data Directory and Deploying Prerequisites.- Click Once Tools and Scenarios.
About the author
Sayed Y. Hashimi is the author of Pro Android, as well as 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.