Lets see if I get this. A framework is a solution (a solution to a problem, not the visual studio concept), while a library is used to implement a solution. For instance NHibernate is a library that you can use to access your database. asp.net mvc, commerce server are frameworks because they are a fixed solutions.

Whats wrong with SharePointfrom a developer point of view? Packages It's somewhat unreliable in it's deployment of files. Takes a lot of time to install/uninstall a package. Not a modern approach to package management. Its basically a cab file with files and xml describing it. Configuration How do you test the deployment of configuration? How does it work exactly? You have to observe the result ... It only works when you use it the right way and you dont get much in error messages. Deploying the right w[...]

Whats wrong with SharePointfrom a developer point of view? Packages It's somewhat unreliable in it's deployment of files. Takes a lot of time to install/uninstall a package. Not a modern approach to package management. Its basically a cab file with files and xml describing it. Configuration How do you test the deployment of configuration? How does it work exactly? You have to observe the result ... It only works when you use it the right way and you dont get much in error messages. Deploying the right w[...]

Why using a build system like Ruby rake or some other next generation tool (psake looks promising) to build your .net application or library? A) Builds are not data. Xml is for data. It may be that the files or configurations are stored as xml, but does your build program need to be in xlm? B) Custom tasks are easy to write. Take a look at albacore for instance. C) It is easy to manage nontrivial tasks. D) It’s readable. Write your build in rake or something similar. Write it in msbuild. You will see th[...]

These prompts are quite :Hanselman: Introducing PowerShell prompt hereCommand prompt here round up For visual studio 2010 you might want to change the path to the correct Program Files folder (for instance if you’re running a 64 bit system).