Effective Thoughts

I'm excited to be named to TeamFB for FinalBuilder! This is similar to Microsoft's MVP program. I suppose I bugged them with enough questions they figured, "Give him some work to do". Anyway, I think this is a great product and look forward to helping other developers implement this technology.

My latest project involves creating an automated build solution for .Net 2.0 source code. For the solution, we're using MSBuild, Cruise Control.Net, and a commercial product called FinalBuilder . I'll write up a later post outlining the approach/solution but I just wanted to recommend FinalBuilder. It's a great build orchestration solution both on the desktop and the server. It also integrates with CruiseControl.Net, extends via Java/VBScript, COM components, or .Net assemblies (called Custom Actions), and their support rocks. I've been active on their newsgroups while constructing my client's solution. My FinalBuilder posts .