In the last few weeks I’ve setup 2 brand new .Development Trees for .NET projects. What do I mean by development tree?
- It is a directory structure
- containing:
- source files
- tools and dependencies
- references to external tools and dependencies
- checked into source control
- that is atomically integratable
- to produce a set of artifacts
A good development tree should:
- be easily integratable on new environments
- require little maintainance
- but be easily maintainable when it does require maintenance
- support, but not hamper, developer productivity
- have consistent behaviour
This is all a bit wooly, but will do for an intial stab. I might come back and refine these points later.
Anyway, I’ve setup quite a few development trees in my time, in Java and .NET. In this series of blog entries I hope to develop a good ‘boilerplate’ development tree structure for .NET projects that other people can use.
If you find it interesting, please email me with your comments.
Mike Roberts