When I start working on a new project, I usually just start in Visual Studio. But before too long, I add a “build script” that: Makes it easier to do the boring and repetitive stuff. Building everything, testing everything, etc. Helps me avoid random issues: forgetting to add something to source control, incremental build issues, etc. You can see the …

When I start coding a new application/library, I normally just start Visual Studio, create a project, and then start typing. If I’m just hacking something together to solve a particular problem, it usually doesn’t get more complicated than that. But if the project needs to survive longer than a few days and/or through multiple revisions, there are some things I …