WiX Online Meeting 309 Highlights | FireGiant

We're at that point in Northern Hemisphere summer where the weather is actively taunting us. For me here in the USA Midwest, late July is usually the swampiest part of summer. But this week, it's comfortable...

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WiX Online Meeting 308 Highlights | FireGiant

Our fortune continues this month: We have only a few issues reported and none indicate an incoming storm of fallout from the release of WiX v7 back in April. We'll count it as skill more than luck, but...

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WiX Online Meeting 307 Highlights | FireGiant

We held our last meeting a week early so it's been five weeks between meetings. It took a little bit to get back into the groove of things. Luckily, we had a relatively small number of bugs and none that...

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WiX Online Meeting 306 Highlights | FireGiant

WiX v7 was released on schedule and we're enjoying spring weather with occasional April showers bringing May WiX v8 features. Or later, because our next milestone is WiX v8.0.0-rc.1 in ten months. Pick...

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WiX v7, HeatWave, and HeatWave Build Tools are released | FireGiant

Spring is here and warmer, wetter weather brings us new releases. First up is WiX v7, which we might've mentioned occasionally. As we love the opportunity to simultaneously ship software, we're also bringing...

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WiX Online Meeting 305 Highlights | FireGiant

Today we held our last meeting before the (scheduled) release of WiX v7 on 6-April. There were no ship-stopping issues for us to triage—but it's not too late to find a bug that sounds so bad it spikes...

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WiX v7.0.0-rc.2 is here | FireGiant

A month after shipping WiX v7.0.0-rc.1, WiX v7.0.0-rc.2 is now out. We're a month out from WiX v7.0.0 shipping, so now's your chance: Download it, use it—it's an easy job to upgrade—and report any...

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WiX Online Meeting 304 Highlights | FireGiant

Normally we do new-issue triage first, then do review of issues pending for our next release. Today, Rob reversed the order and it took me a good 20 minutes to get over it. Or did I? Either way, we talked...

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WiX v7.0.0-rc.1 is here | FireGiant

For the third year in a row, we're shipping a new WiX release candidate for your packaging business and pleasure. Download it, use it—it's an easy job to upgrade—and report any bugs you discover.

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Deployment Dojo S2E9: The Great Delete | FireGiant

Sometimes lessons don't come from perfect demos. Sometimes the lessons come from mistakes. Big mistakes. Catastrophic mistakes. This episode happens to be one of those.

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WiX Online Meeting 303 Highlights | FireGiant

Since our last meeting, winter has settled in here in the northern hemisphere. Personally, I'm not a fan. It's cold, which brings the need for gloves and hats. It's snowy and icy, which means boots and...

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Deployment Dojo S2E8: Auditing Targets – Putting the Pieces Together (Part 1) | FireGiant

This was a great episode to finish out the year. We use everything we've learned this season to build something real. As always we encounter some surprises and use those moments to learn more and solidify...

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WiX Online Meeting 302 Highlights | FireGiant

We are well into winter here in the northern hemisphere—even though it's not technically winter for a few more days. In the Pacific Northwest, winter is wet, especially this year. Here in Michigan,...

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Deployment Dojo S2E7: Inputs and Outputs - Introducing Incremental Build | FireGiant

In this episode, we use everything we've learned over the last couple of months to avoid doing work. It takes a lot of mistakes but that's still one of the best ways to really learn the ins and outs of...

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WiX Online Meeting 301 Highlights | FireGiant

In the week leading up to Thanksgiving here in the United States, I'm looking forward to a traditional Thanksgiving meal of pizza, Chinese takeout, and pumpkin pie. Hey, you have your traditions, I have...

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Deployment Dojo S2E6: Batching - For Loops and Follies | FireGiant

In this episode, we dig into batching: MSBuild's for loop. We finally apply our new MSBuild knowledge to work and I find a way to delete my project. It's a good time.

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Deployment Dojo S2E5: Metadata — Objects, Collections, and a Dash of Chaos | FireGiant

Episode 5 steps into intermediate MSBuild territory with item metadata. We explore the attributes that slice and dice our collections of objects and unlock MSBuild's more advanced behaviors.

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MSBuild In Depth: Metadata | Deployment Dojo S2E5

_Want your own dojo time?_ Train 1:1 with Rob: https://www.firegiant.com/services/consultation/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Display&utm_campaign=dojo&utm_content=s2e5 00:00 Welcome 01:30 Kata…

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WiX Online Meeting 300 Highlights | FireGiant

I missed September's WiX Online Meeting because some of my internal organs decided to assert their dominance and we needed extended negotiations about who's in charge. But now I'm back, just in time to...

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Deployment Dojo S2E2: Stay on target | FireGiant

The FireGiant Cinematic Universe added another character to the Deployment Dojo in Episode 2, the one and only Bob Arnson. David was away on business so Bob stepped in for our lesson on MSBuild Targets....

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