Tool to build WSP solutions for MOSS/Sharepoint Projects

The tool is called STSDEV. I found it on codeplex. The tool allows you to generate Visual Studio Projects & Solutions to facilitate building of MOSS deployement solutions. Its a simple command line utility that allows you to select the kind of deployment you are trying to do. The hoices include, empty solutions, features, webparts etc. By simply selecting the type of solution and clicking a button, it creates the visual studio project templates for building the WSP. You can drag and drop all of your deployment files into a predefined 12 hive structure. Hitting build on your solution, atomatically create sthe manifest file and builds the wsp. Till now I was building the mannifests and wsps by hand and that is a pain.

There are a number of build configurations generated for you that allow you to retract, deploy, redeploy, install the solutions directly to MOSS without needing to use stsadm. Its a great little tool for development and debugging.

 The project can be found at http://www.codeplex.com/stsdev.

 Here are some sceen casts that are very helpful in getting you started: http://www.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=stsdev&ReleaseId=10119