Automatic Deployment Resources

Question

I know enough to know that we need to get our application to deploy with a single user action. However, I don\'t know:

1. What are some good tools to

Answer 1

I see two different questions:

• For the deployment thing: The ClickOnce deployment should do it. You just publish your desktop application by going in VS.net at Build menu > Publish. VS.net then compiles a web page and a setup.exe. When users with IE or Firefox and .net 3.5 SP1 click on the link, it runs right away. ClickOnce also handles updating for you and there's extensive API to develop for it.
• Continuous integration is a very different thing. I suggest that you google for 'CruiseControl.net' and download and try out as many resources as you can. It's basically a build server but you can connect it with SVN, NUnit for testing and so on. I wouldn't suggest buying a book for such a volatile product. It's best to download it and try things out.