Deploying .net Applications With Msbuild And Clickonce

by Hashimi, Sayed Y.

• ISBN13: 9781590596524
• ISBN10: 1590596528
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-08
• Publisher: Apress

Summary

Whether building a console application, a web service, or a smart client, you eventually need to distribute your finished work.Deploying .NET Applicationsis 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. Youll want to get ahold of this book because it Includes hands-on detail about the newest deployment tools, MSBuild and ClickOnce Discusses many best practices of .NET 2.0 software deployment Covers details about automating new software deployments

Table of Contents

About the Authors	xi
About the Technical Reviewer	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	xvii
CHAPTER 1 Deployment Prerequisites	1	(20)
Types of Applications	1	(13)
Windows Forms (Smart Client) Applications	2	(4)
Web Applications	6	(3)
Web Services	9	(1)
Smart Device Applications	10	(1)
Windows Services	11	(2)
Console Applications	13	(1)
Hosted Applications	13	(1)
Application Architectures	14	(3)
Client-Server Architecture	14	(1)
N-Tier Architecture	15	(1)
Service-Oriented Architecture	16	(1)
Strategies for Deploying the .NET Framework	17	(1)
Where Do You Need the .NET Runtime?	17	(2)
Typical Deployment of a Smart Client	18	(1)
Typical Deployment of a Thin Client	18	(1)
Summary	19	(2)
CHAPTER 2 The Unified Build Engine: MSBuild	21	(24)
Introducing Build Tools and Systems	22	(2)
Make-Style Build Tools	22	(1)
Ant/NAnt	23	(1)
Introducing MSBuild	24	(19)
Properties	26	(1)
Targets	27	(10)
Tasks	37	(6)
Summary	43	(2)
CHAPTER 3 MSBuild: By Example	45	(30)
Introducing Well-Known Metadata	45	(3)
Formatting Your Output	48	(6)
Editing MSBuild Files with IntelliSense	54	(1)
Integrating MSBuild into Visual Studio	55	(2)
Introducing Custom Metadata	57	(2)
Understanding the Difference Between @ and %	59	(4)
Using Environment Variables in Your Project	63	(1)
Reusing MSBuild Project Elements	63	(6)
Dealing with MSBuild Errors	69	(5)
Summary	74	(1)
CHAPTER 4 Extending MSBuild	75	(32)
Logging with MSBuild	75	(31)
Writing a Logger	77	(8)
Using NUnit and MSBuild	85	(21)
Summary	106	(1)
CHAPTER 5 Introducing Team Foundation Server and Team Build	107	(30)
Introducing Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)	107	(1)
Introducing Team Build	108	(1)
Introducing the Team Foundation Build Architecture	108	(2)
Team Foundation Build Client	109	(1)
Application Tier	110	(1)
Data Tier	110	(1)
Build Machine	110	(1)
Drop Location	110	(1)
Using Team Foundation Build	110	(2)
Creating a New Team Project	111	(1)
Understanding the Team Project Fundamentals	112	(5)
Work Items	113	(1)
Documents	113	(1)
Reports	114	(1)
Team Builds	114	(1)
Source Control	114	(1)
Placing Code in Source Control	114	(3)
Using Team Build	117	(6)
Understanding How Team Build Works	123	(4)
Extending the Team Build	127	(4)
Handling Errors During a Team Build	131	(2)
Automating Team Build	133	(2)
Summary	135	(2)
CHAPTER 6 Deploying Smart Clients with ClickOnce	137	(24)
Introducing Side-by-Side Deployment	138	(1)
Looking at the Previous Approaches of Deploying Windows Forms Applications	139	(5)
MSI Deployment	139	(1)
No-Touch Deployment	140	(1)
The Updater Application Block	141	(3)
Introducing ClickOnce	144	(1)
Introducing the ClickOnce Deployment Methods	145	(1)
Introducing the ClickOnce Architecture	145	(3)
Seeing ClickOnce in Action	148	(3)
Updating and Versioning with ClickOnce	151	(3)
Introducing ClickOnce Security	154	(5)
Customizing Deployment with the ClickOnce API	155	(2)
Understanding the Bootstrapper	157	(2)
Summary	159	(2)
CHAPTER 7 ClickOnce Updates, Security, and the Bootstrapper	161	(24)
Understanding the ClickOnce Manifest Files	161	(3)
Offline vs. Online Applications	164	(2)
Performing ClickOnce Updates	166	(3)
Configuring Update Notification	167	(1)
Configuring Application Update Policy	167	(2)
Understanding ClickOnce Security	169	(12)
Using Trusted Publishers in ClickOnce	170	(2)
Seeing a Trusted Publisher in Action	172	(1)
Introducing Code Access Security (CAS)	173	(2)
Introducing Partially Trusted Applications with ClickOnce	175	(4)
Full Trust vs. Partial Trust	179	(2)
Available Permissions vs. Actual Permissions	181	(1)
Deploying Prerequisites with ClickOnce	181	(2)
Using the Bootstrapper to Install Prerequisites	181	(2)
Summary	183	(2)
CHAPTER 8 The ClickOnce Data Directory and Deploying Prerequisites	185	(34)
Working with Application Files	185	(5)
Working with Data Files	190	(10)
Considering Security When Using the ClickOnce Data Directory	200	(1)
Working with Prerequisites	201	(16)
Understanding the Prerequisite Manifest Files	205	(5)
Building a Custom Prerequisite	210	(7)
Summary	217	(2)
CHAPTER 9 ClickOnce Tools and Scenarios	219	(34)
Using the Bootstrapper Manifest Generator (BMG)	219	(9)
Using the Manifest Generation and Editing (MAGE) Tool	228	(4)
MAGE Scenario: ClickOnce Application Has to Be Deployed to More Than One Server	229	(1)
MAGE Scenario: The Producer of the Application Doesn't Know Where the Application Will Be Hosted for Deployment	229	(1)
MAGE Scenario: ClickOnce Application Has to Delay-Sign Assemblies	230	(1)
MAGE Scenario: ClickOnce Application Assemblies Need to Be Obfuscated	231	(1)
Creating the ClickOnce Manifest Files with the MACE Tool	232	(5)
Creating the Application Manifest	233	(2)
Creating the Deployment Manifest	235	(2)
Using MSBuild with ClickOnce	237	(8)
Creating the ClickOnce Deployment Using MSBuild	237	(2)
Using MSBuild and ClickOnce As Part of a Build Process	239	(6)
Looking at Some Common ClickOnce Scenarios	245	(7)
Passing Parameters to a ClickOnce Application	245	(1)
Installing the Publisher Certificate Programmatically with a Prerequisite	246	(3)
Creating File Type Associations for ClickOnce Deployments	249	(1)
Creating a Desktop Icon for a ClickOnce-Deployed Application	250	(1)
Requiring a Prerequisite After the Initiai istai	250	(1)
Deploying a ClickOnce Application from a CD/DVD	251	(1)
Summary	252	(1)
INDEX	253