Compile

In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the name of the project you want to compile, then select Current NPanday Project > Build to build the selected project. Or, All NPanday Projects > Build to build the parent and its sub-projects.

Note: In some circumstances, Maven is currently unable to build (compile) without installing the project first. As a workaround, execute All NPanday Projects > Install first before All NPanday Projects > Build [compile].

For projects with dependencies from remote repositories, the build might fail. As a workaround, re-import the project then, execute the build goal (Current NPanday Project > Build or All NPanday Projects > Build).

For projects with web references, a dialog box is prompted for updating the Web Services Description Language (wsdl). Click Yes to continue with the update, or, No to skip updating.

The NPanday .NET Build Tool performs the compile on the project and sends corresponding information to the Output window (including a message saying the build was successful). You can scroll up and down in the output window to display all the text.

You can also execute the normal Visual Studio build on your projects. To invoke Maven to perform build/install/test/clean, you must select the option from the All NPanday Projects or Current NPanday Project sub-menu.

When compiling a web application project, the NPanday .NET Build Tool performs an extra step by calling the Aspnet_compiler to validate the ASP section of the project. The Build Tool performs this step right after calling the CSharp compiler and Visual Basic compiler.

Test

To use the NPanday .NET Build Tool to test a Project:

1. From the Solution Explorer, right-click on the name of the project you want to test, then select Current NPanday Project > Test to perform the test to the selected project. Or, All NPanday Projects > Test to perform the test to the parent project and its sub-projects.
2. The NPanday .NET Build Tool performs the tests on the project and sends corresponding information to the Output window (including a message saying the build was successful). You can scroll up and down in the output window to display all the text.

Note: When the test goal output result is not refreshed for C# test project, the project should be reimported, and the value of the test should also be changed. Then, perform Current Project: Test (or, All NPanday Projects > Test).

Install

From the Solution Explorer, right-click on the name of the project you want to build, then select Current NPanday Project > Install to install the selected project. Or, All NPanday Projects > Install to install the parent project and its sub-projects.

The NPanday .NET Build Tool installs the artifacts into your local repository. For web projects with POM as packaging, the target directory is not created and only the parent pom.xml is put in the local repository which is the default behavior.

For web application projects, the project zip file is produced during this phase, specifically during the package phase.

Corresponding information is sent to the Output window (including a message saying the build was successful). You can scroll up and down in the output window to display all the text.

Next, verify the artifacts were placed into the .NET local repository under the following path: C:\Documents and Settings\[user_home]\.m2\uac\[gac_architecture]\artifactId\Version__GroupId

For example: C:\Documents and Settings\[user_home]\.m2\uac\gac_msil\NPanday.Test\1.0__NPanday

The following explains what each element in the path means:

• [user_home] The user's home directory.
• gac_architecture The architecture type such as gac_msil, gac_32, etc.
• artifactId This is similar to the Maven artifactId. It is equivalent to the project's module name. In the example above, the artifactId is NPanday.Test.
• Version__GroupId The version of the artifact and the group it is in. In the example above the version is 1.0 and the GroupId is NPanday.

The contents in C:\Documents and Settings\[user_home]\.m2\uac\gac_msil SHOULD NOT be manually modified or the project build will fail due to artifacts that are not properly indexed and are not synchronized with the repository. In case the contents have been modified, delete the C:\Documents and Settings\[user_home]\.m2\uac directory then re-install the project.

Finally, Verify that the following are also created under the following paths:

• C:\Documents and Settings\[user_home]\.m2\pab
• C:\Documents and Settings\[user_home]\.m2\npanday-settings.xml

Contents of npanday-settings.xml looks similar to the following:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <npandaySettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <operatingSystem>
      Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
    </operatingSystem>
    <defaultSetup>
      <vendorName>MICROSOFT</vendorName>
      <vendorVersion>2.0.50727</vendorVersion>
      <frameworkVersion>2.0.50727</frameworkVersion>
    </defaultSetup>
    <vendors>
      <vendor>
        <vendorName>MICROSOFT</vendorName>
        <vendorVersion>1.1.4322</vendorVersion>
        <frameworks>
          <framework>
          <frameworkVersion>1.1.4322</frameworkVersion>
            <installRoot>
              C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322
            </installRoot>
          </framework>
        </frameworks>
      </vendor>
      <vendor>
        <vendorName>MICROSOFT</vendorName>
        <vendorVersion>2.0.50727</vendorVersion>
        <frameworks>
          <framework>
          <frameworkVersion>2.0.50727</frameworkVersion>
            <installRoot>
              C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
            </installRoot>
            <sdkInstallRoot>
              C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\
            </sdkInstallRoot>
          </framework>
        </frameworks>
      </vendor>
    </vendors>
  </npandaySettings>

Clean

To use the NPanday .NET Build Tool to clean a project (removes the target\ directory containing the files that were generated at build-time from the project's working directory):

1. From the Solution Explorer, right-click on the name of the project you want to clean, then select Current NPanday Project > Clean to clean the selected project. Or, All NPanday Projects > Clean to perform the clean goal to the parent project and its sub-projects.
2. The NPanday .NET Build Tool performs the clean on the project and sends corresponding information to the Output window (including a message saying the build was successful). You can scroll up and down in the output window to display all the text.

NPanday's Maven Phase Algorithm

Algorithm that differs the Visual Studio Execution from Console Command.

1. All Project - Is triggered when the user right click in the solution explorer and select All NPanday Projects > Build or All NPanday Projects > Clean or All NPanday Projects > Test or All NPanday Projects > Install>>>
   1. Save All Documents that are open in Visual Studio.
   2. Retrieve the solution that is open in Visual Studio.
   3. Loop through all the projects in the solution.
   4. Check if it has a Web Reference, if it has it will update the Web Reference.
   5. Execute the pom.xml of the solution may it be Build/Clean/Test/Install.
2. Current Project - Is Triggered when the user right click in the solution explorer and select Current NPanday Project > Build or Current NPanday Project > Clean or Current NPanday Project > Test or Current NPanday Project > Install
   1. Save All Documents that are open in Visual Studio.
   2. Retrieve CURRENT pom.xml and CURRENT project.
      1. If pom.xml does not exist, set errorMsg to "Pom Not Found" Error.
      2. If the packaging in the pom.xml is "pom", set errorMsg to "Pom may not be Project's Pom" Error.
   3. Check if it has a Web Reference, if it has it will update the Web Reference.
   4. Execute the pom.xml of the solution may it be Build/Clean/Test/Install.

Summary

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