Nantpad
I’m a huge fan of NAnt, and have been actively seeking ways to use it to improve even my non-coding life. I like it that much.
When first approaching NAnt, I first came upon the tool Nantpad, which was supposed to be this great editor for editing NAnt. At the time I used it (more than a year ago), it was nothing more than an XML schema hooked up to a TreeList, with a PropertyGrid thrown in to change things. It wasn’t that great.
However, I’ve been hearing more and more things about it on the NAnt pages, so I thought I’d mosey on over to www.nantpad.com and see how it’s coming along. And, thankfully, it seems to have improved a bit.
But not so much that it should now cost $250 a pop. Nope.
I think Scott Hanselman said it best: “They have GOT to be kidding with the pricing. $250 a seat for an editor to an open source tool? Come on, guys, NAnt is NOT that hard to edit. $25, no brainer. $50 gives me pause. $250 must be a joke. God bless you for trying. Now try again.”