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 NPanday Features
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 Brett Porter
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 2 February 2010
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Features

  The following features available in NPanday.

* NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

  [Maven Builds] Execute Maven directly from Visual Studio or run standalone from a build server.

  [Dependency Management] Add references to the project by automatically obtaining them from a
                             shared Maven repository.

  [Project Importer] Convenient way of converting an existing .NET Applications so that it can be
                        built using Maven outside VS, ready for Continuous Integration.

  [Auto-Sync] Synchronization while developing the .NET Application for minimal interaction with
                 the POM (Project Object Model) file.

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* NPanday Maven Integration Features

  NPanday's Maven integration features support console, window and web based applications as listed below:

** C# & VB Project supported project types

  * Windows Application

  * Class Library

  * Console Application

  * Device Application

  * Crystal Reports Application

  * ASP.NET Web Application (also MVC)

  * ASP.NET Web Service Application

  * Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

  * Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

  * {{{./plugins/azure-maven-plugin/index.html}Azure Cloud Services and Worker/Web Roles}}

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** Web Site supported project types

  * ASP.Net Web Site

  * ASP.NET Web Service

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* NET Frameworks Supported

  * .NET 2.0 / Visual Studio 2005

  * .NET 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008

  * .NET 4.0 / Visual Studio 2010

  * .NET 4.5 / Visual Studio 2012

  * .NET 4.5.1 / Visual Studio 2013

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  <<Note:>> There is partial support for Mono, .NET 1.1 and other vendors, but these are currently untested.

* Supported Directory Structures

  Read about the {{{./guide/reference/supported-dir-structures.html}directory structures supported by NPanday}}.