{"id":478,"date":"2016-07-02T14:08:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T14:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2016\/07\/02\/extension-used-in-dotnet-and-msbuild-projects\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T12:11:56","slug":"extension-used-in-dotnet-and-msbuild-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/extension-used-in-dotnet-and-msbuild-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension used in DOTNET and MSBuild Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"extension-used-in-dotnet-and-msbuild\"<\/div>\n
.proj<\/strong><\/div>\n
A popular convention for generic use. Commonly used by a main build script.<\/div>\n
Examples:<\/div>\n
build.proj<\/div>\n
main.proj<\/div>\n
company.product.build.proj<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
.targets<\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
.targets files are those which is meant to be imported into other files using the Import element. Since these files are strictly re-useable they don’t actually build anything. They typically are missing the properties and item values to actually build anything.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Examples:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Microsoft.Common.targets<\/div>\n
Microsoft.CSharp.targets<\/div>\n
Microsoft.Data.Entity.targets<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
.**proj<\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Language specific convention where **** represents the language short acronym.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Well-known extensions:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
.csproj \u00a0 \u00a0| C#<\/div>\n
.vbproj \u00a0 \u00a0| VB.NET<\/div>\n
.vcxproj \u00a0 | Visual C++<\/div>\n
.dbproj \u00a0 \u00a0| Database project<\/div>\n
.fsproj \u00a0 \u00a0| F#<\/div>\n
.pyproj \u00a0 \u00a0| IronPython<\/div>\n
.rbproj \u00a0 \u00a0| IronRuby<\/div>\n
.wixproj \u00a0 | Windows Installer XML (WiX)<\/div>\n
.vdproj \u00a0 \u00a0| Visual Studio Deployment Project<\/div>\n
.isproj \u00a0 \u00a0| InstallShield<\/div>\n
.pssproj \u00a0 | PowerShell<\/div>\n
.modelproj | Modeling project<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
.props<\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A project property sheet used by Visual C++ projects (.vcxproj).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Examples:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Microsoft.Cl.Common.props<\/div>\n
Microsoft.Cpp.CoreWin.props<\/div>\n
Microsoft.Cpp.props<\/div>\n
Microsoft.Link.Common.props<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
.tasks<\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A common include file to be imported by a calling MSBuild project. Contains a list of <UsingTask> elements.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Examples:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Microsoft.Common.Tasks<\/div>\n
MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
.settings.targets<\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
(This is a related convention if not strictly-speaking a file extension.)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A common include file to be imported by a calling MSBuild project. Contains “various properties related to shared utilities used during the build and deployment processes as well as any other common settings” (Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi, 2009).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Examples:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
EntityFramework.settings.targets<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Compiler.settings.targets<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Library.Settings.targets<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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