Mr. Smith

dentaku wrote:

Steve seems more like a stereotypical american football coach than a geek

That's why some of us love him so   Bill is great and all, but doesn't really get you fired up as much as Steve chanting 'Developers' can.

Nice site.  As an avid KEXP listener, I would totally reccomend you check out kexp.org as well

 

Pimp Daddy wrote:

Question - I keep hearing 'Kaboose' mentioned in this video. What the hell does it mean?

When the Bootstrapper is done installing all of your application's prereqs, it then installs your application- which we refer to as the caboose since it is the last thing the Bootstrapper touches.

Usually it will be an MSI or clickOnce .application file, but if you use MSBuild to generate your Bootstrapper the caboose could be anything, from a .BAT file to a text file.

Just as a completely shameless plug, if you are interested in learing more about the VS 2005 Generic Bootstrapper you might want to check out the following:

My MSDN blog. This isn't totally dedicated to the Generic Bootstrapper, but if you have a question about some odd corner case or are interested in learning about what goes on behind the scenes check it out:
http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith

A GotDotNet workspace devoted to housing custom packages for Microsoft packages which aren't shipping with VS 2005, like the 1.1 FX.
http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=7e8e8cbd-b447-4a9d-a984-9379d1a0c190


The Bootstrapper Manifest Generator GotDotNet project. This app should help you create even the most complex manifests.
http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=ddb4f08c-7d7c-4f44-a009-ea19fc812545

Steve411 wrote:

I love it when it crashes! Nice video!

We thought about editing the video, but figured the more 'candid' demo would be best.  Note however that that bug is already fixed in the latest CTP release.