When to use a build tool?

Question

A beginner question, bear with me: I\'m just wondering under what circumstances one should use a build tool like nant or msbuild? I\'m working on a medium sized application (.ne

Answer 1

When you start doing releases or when your build exceeds certain number of manual steps (you'll notice when it starts getting annoying.) I've written an old blog entry on this topic which you might find interesting.