v1.0 (alpha)

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Application MSBuildDebugger.zip
application, 98K, uploaded Mar 6  - 429 downloads
Application MSBuildDebugger-update1.zip
application, 98K, uploaded May 19  - 196 downloads
Application MSBuildDebugger-update2.zip
application, 103K, uploaded Jul 4  - 165 downloads

Release Notes

Getting started
  1. Head over to http://blogs.msdn.com/parthopdasto see screen shots
  2. Click on the MSBuildDebugger.application on the release page
  3. Open your project project
  4. Use the following command & shortcut keys
    1. Ctrl.Shift.O - Open a project to debug
    2. Ctrl.O - Open an imported project or targets files to set break point
    3. F5 - Run the project under debugger
    4. F11 - Step into tasks, targets and imported projects
    5. F9 - Set break points on tasks and targets
v1 (alpha) Release Feature Set
  • Project system
    • Open project
    • Open files
    • Ctrl.F support in editor
    • F1 opens up help
  • Environment
    • View the environment variables passed to MSBuild
    • Reset the environment variable passed to msbuild
  • Stepping
    • F11
    • F5
    • Break Execution
    • Current point of execution shown in yellow
    • Setp into Imported projects
  • Break Points
    • BP Window
    • double click take you to location
    • BP highlighted in red
    • F9
    • F5 breaks on BP
    • Delete break points
  • Call stack
    • view current call stack, usefull for CallTarget and MSBuild tasks
    • BP set on project
    • Debugger steps on project
    • double click take you to the stack frame
  • Output window
    • Trace of what is going on
    • Debugger messages (e.g. bp hit)
  • State View
    • RO properties view
    • RO items view
  • Verification
    • Can handle CallTarget, MSBuild, task & target batching
    • Debug OOB VS Projects
    • Debug DevDi* projects
    • Requires only .NET Framework 3.5 RTM (no VS2008 requried)
Known Issues in v1
  • Not a very jazzy UI
  • Stepping is done twice for empty XML nodes
  • F10 and Shift-F11 not supported yet
  • Cannot close project or files once they are opened
  • Random F9 behavior in remote corner cases
  • Random F11 behavior in remote corner cases
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