Hi Robert, > 1. I have done all with a normal editor. Xml doesn't seem to be > advantageous in my case. How could I benefit from the xml format? What > do you do with it?
I've worked on build files in both Eclipse and Visual Studio, it makes it a bit nicer than a normal editor in my opinion. Also, with Visual Studio (and no doubt with Eclipse) you can integrate the nant schema: http://www.gunjandoshi.com/mtarchives/2005/02/using_visual_st.html > 2. I guess I think too much in a programming language and so I miss some > things. Is it good to have only global properties? Why are there no > local properties? And also functions would be nice. I agree with trying to keep globals to a minimum (unavoidable sometimes though), but you can create both dynamic or pre-compiled custom functions and tasks in NAnt. Dynamic: http://nant.sourceforge.net/release/latest/help/tasks/script.html Pre-compiled: http://nant.sourceforge.net/release/latest/help/tasks/loadtasks.html Have a look at the UserTask in examples directory. Note: If you get more ambitious with functions there seems to be a gremlin lurking in the latest nightlies with running dynamic <scripts>, but compiled assemblies via <loadtasks> is working fine: http://www.mail-archive.com/nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg08427.html > 3. Is there still a development on nant? Looks that way to me: http://nant.sourceforge.net/nightly/latest/ http://nantcontrib.sourceforge.net/nightly/latest/ > Is further development needed or is the tool finalized? > Should I migrate to MSBuild? Personally I find NAnt to be excellent and reliable as is right now, however for compiling VS 2005 solutions, MSBuild will be needed. Choose the tool that best suits your needs. > 5. What is about Ant? Can I do the same with Ant by now? Is it an > alternative for Nant? Especially if I don't use it for .NET software? If you want to try Ant, do it in Eclipse, a sublime development environment! I find both NAnt and Ant to be excellent (if a little different) hope that helps peace si ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list Nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
