How to Stop Worrying and Love MSBuild

Discover the power and flexibility of MSBuild, the build engine for .NET, in this comprehensive conference talk. Learn about the major improvements made to MSBuild and the end-to-end project experience as part of moving .NET Core tooling to this platform. Explore the new and improved .csproj files, which incorporate the simplicity of project.json's human-editable format and easy multi-targeting. Gain insights into customizing project defaults, multi-targeting different .NET frameworks, and managing NuGet packages. Delve into MSBuild basics, learn to extend and integrate with the build process, and develop skills to investigate and debug build issues. By the end of this talk, acquire the confidence to leverage MSBuild project improvements, extend the build process with custom operations, and effectively troubleshoot build problems.

How to stop worrying and love MSBuild - Daniel Plaisted