Good techniques to use Makefiles in VisualStudio?

Question

I know the ideal way to build projects is without requiring IDE based project files, since it theoretically causes all sort of trouble with automation and what not. But I\'v

Answer 1

Personally, I use Rake to call msbuild on my solution or project. For regular development I use the IDE and all the benefits that provides.

Rake is set up so that I can just compile, compile and run tests or compile run tests and create deployable artifacts.

Once you have a build script it is really easy to start doing things like setting up continuous integration and using it to automate deployment.

You can also use most build tools from within the IDE if you follow these steps to set it up.