Platforms shift when developers build. We explore, choose tools, dream, create. This platform shift comes with more information than ever, ready at your fingertips. This shift, it’s about building ...

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Microsoft has released a new and experimental version of its MSBuild editor that will offer more info on not just XML elements in files, but also properties, items, and metadata information. MSBuild ...

Microsoft has de-coupled MSBuild from the .NET Framework, shipping it as part of Visual Studio beginning with the upcoming version, Visual Studio 2013. Will Buik, a program manager with the Visual ...

With Microsoft’s newfound love of open source code, the company has announced today that it’s open-sourcing Visual Studio’s build tool for the first time. MSBuild is a build engine used for compiling ...

Microsoft has been described as the "bete noire" of open source software, but that's set to change under Satya Nadella as Redmond moves its MSBuild tool, part of Visual Studio, into the public domain.