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August 17, 2007 | Comments: (0)
MS plans build improvements in Visual Studio 2008
The build system in the upcoming Visual Studio 2008 software development platform from Microsoft will allow developers to designate the target .Net platform, according to a Microsoft blogger.
In another of his many blog entries about Microsoft's software development plans, S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate vice president of the company’s developer division, said this week two customer-requested features would be added to the MSBuild foundation introduced in Visual Studio 2005.
"This release adds a new focus on reliability by allowing you to control which .Net platform you want to target for each project that you build, such as targeting a build to run on the 2.0 or 3.0 .Net FX so customers do not have to install the latest framework to run your software," Somasegar said.
Also added is multiple core support for doing multithreaded builds on the command line for those who have a lot of projects and long build times.
"Enabling multiple core support requires only a few new properties, and MSBuild manages all of the work to schedule projects efficiently and effectively. The MSBuild team has tested this ability to scale by building some projects on a 64-CPU machine," Somasegar said.
Visual Studio 2008 is due to ship later this year.
Posted by Paul Krill on August 17, 2007 03:12 PM
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