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The Build Master: Microsoft's Software Configuration Management Best Practices
By Vincent Maraia
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: October 06, 2005
ISBN: 0-321-33205-9
Pages: 288

Table of Contents  | Index

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		Copyright
		Praise for The Build Master
		Foreword
		Preface
			What This Book Is About
			Defining Software Configuration Management
			Who Should Read This Book
			Assumptions Made on the Background of People Reading This Book
			How This Book Is Organized
			Get Stuck or Get Results. Period.
			Outsourcing
			What This Book Is Not About: Software Factories
			Updates and Contact Information
		About the Author
		In Appreciation and Acknowledgment
		Introduction
			What "NT" Really Stands For
			How MSN Builds Code
		Chapter 1.  Defining a Build
			The Two Types of Builds: Developers and Project
			Building from the Inside Out
			More Important Build Definitions
			How Your Product Should Flow
			Microsoft Solution Framework
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 2.  Source Tree Configuration for Multiple Sites and Parallel (Multi-Version) Development Work
			Definitions
			How This Process Works: An Example Using VSS
			Hatteras: A Look Into the Future of SCC at Microsoft
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 3.  Daily, Not Nightly, Builds
			The Importance of a Successful Daily Build
			What Are You Building Every Day?
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 4.  The Build Lab and Personnel
			The Need for a Build Lab
			Build Lab Rules
			Hardware Configuration
			Build Personnel
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 5.  Build Tools and Technologies
			First, Every Build Needs a Script
			Binary Generating Tools Also Referred to Loosely as "Build Tools"
			"You Provide the Nose; We Provide the Grindstone"
			In Steps the 800-Pound Gorilla!
			XML Is the Here, the Now, and the Future
			What Build Tool Should You Be Using and When?
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 6.  SNAP Builds aka Integration Builds
			What Is a SNAP Build?
			When to Use SNAP Builds
			How SNAP Works
			Sample Machine Configuration
			Operations Staff
			Managing Throughput
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 7.  The Build Environment
			Setting Up the Environment
			Setting Up a Developer or Tester Machine
			A Makefile Example That Explains How This Works
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 8.  Versioning
			Why Worry About Versioning?
			File Versioning
			Build Number
			Source Code Control Trees
			Should There Be Other Fields in the File Version Number?
			DLL or Executable Versions for .NET (Assembly Versions)
			How Versioning Affects Setup
			Even Installing Correctly Does Not Always Work
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 9.  Build Security
			Physical Security for the Build, Source, and Release Lab
			Tracking Source Changes (All Check-Ins) The Build Process
			Binary/Release Bits Assurance
			IT Infrastructure
			Want More Security?
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 10.  Building Managed Code
			The Official Definition of Managed Code
			What Is the CLR, and How Does It Relate to Managed Code?
			Managed Execution Process
			The Definition of Assemblies As It Pertains to the .NET Framework
			Delay Signing and When to Use It
			One Solution or Many Solution Files?
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 11.  International Builds
			Important Concepts and Definitions
			Method 1: Internationally Ignorant Code
			Method 2: Locale-Dependent Source
			Method 3: Single Worldwide Source
			Method 4: Single Worldwide Binary
			USE Unicode
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 12.  Build Verification Tests and Smoke Tests
			Smoke Test
			Build Verification Tests
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 13.  Building Setup
			The Basic Definitions
			Setup Is Not a Testing Tool
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 14.  Ship It!
			Software Release at Microsoft
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 15.  Customer Service and Support
			Goals of Support
			How Support Works and Communicates with the Product Teams
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 16.  Managing Hotfixes and Service Packs
			Introduction to "Release Management with VSS"
			Release Management: General Scenarios
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 17.  7 Suggestions to Change Your Corporate or Group Culture
			What Is Corporate Culture?
			It Starts at the Top
			When All Else Fails...
			Don't Go Gipper...
			Nasa Columbia and Challenger Disasters: When Management Pulls Rank and There Is a Big Disconnect Between the Manager's View and the Engineer's View
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Chapter 18.  Future Build Tools from Microsoft
			MSBuild
			Visual Studio Team System
			Visual Studio Team Build
			The Microsoft Shell (MSH, or Monad)
			Summary
			Recommendations
		Appendix A.  Embedded Builds
			Nuts and Bolts of the CE Build System
		Appendix B.  Extreme Programming
			Extreme Programming Fundamentals
			Test-Driven Development and Refactoring
			An Extreme Programming Scenario
			Microsoft Case Study
			References and Further Reading
		Appendix C.  Testing Guide
			Test Guide: A Compilation from the Developer Division at Microsoft
		Appendix D.  Debug Symbols
			The Windows Scenario That You May Run into with Your Applications
		Final Thoughts
		Index