On any sufficiently complex team project you will eventually need to find a way to keep the developer machines (and the build servers) aligned.
The web platform installer is a great way of getting started on this.
Now the webpi also has a command line version that must be run as admin.
The following will list the software that you have installed:
webpicmd /list /listoption:installed
Then you can build a script similar to the following:
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| #Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptEula | |
| #Update-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted | |
| #Set-ExplorerOptions -showHidenFilesFoldersDrives -showProtectedOSFiles -showFileExtensions | |
| #Enable-RemoteDesktop | |
| #Enable-MicrosoftUpdate | |
| #Set-TaskbarSmall | |
| # install Visual Studio instances, SQL Server first | |
| # Web Platform Installer (get a full list of packages you can install from webpi using "clist -source webpi") | |
| #cinst webpi | |
| #choco webpi IISExpress_ByPlatform | |
| #choco webpi SQLLocalDB | |
| #choco webpi WIF | |
| #choco webpi WDeploy | |
| # Web Platform Installer : Specific Versions – need to update to latest if newer exists | |
| #choco webpi WindowsAzureSDK_2_2 | |
| # Visual Studio Extensions | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "VsVim" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/59ca71b3-a4a3-46ca-8fe1-0e90e3f79329/file/6390/46/VsVim.vsix | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "IndentGuides" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/e792686d-542b-474a-8c55-630980e72c30/file/48932/19/IndentGuide%20v14.vsix | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "SpellChecker" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a23de100-31a1-405c-b4b7-d6be40c3dfff/file/104494/2/VSSpellCheckerPackage.vsix | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "VSCommands2013" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c6d1c265-7007-405c-a68b-5606af238ece/file/106247/15/SquaredInfinity.VSCommands.VS12.vsix 12 | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "ProductivityPowerTools2013" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/dbcb8670-889e-4a54-a226-a48a15e4cace/file/117115/3/ProPowerTools.vsix 12 | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "WebEssentials2013" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/56633663-6799-41d7-9df7-0f2a504ca361/file/105627/31/WebEssentials2013.vsix 12 | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "SlowCheetahXmlTransforms" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/69023d00-a4f9-4a34-a6cd-7e854ba318b5/file/55948/22/SlowCheetah.vsix | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "AngularJsSpaTemplate" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/5af151b2-9ed2-4809-bfe8-27566bfe7d83/file/119298/2/Extension.vsix | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "VSColorOutput2013" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f4d9c2b5-d6d7-4543-a7a5-2d7ebabc2496/file/63103/7/VSColorOutput.vsix 12 | |
| #Install-ChocolateyVsixPackage "HotTowelSpa2013" http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/1eb8780d-d522-4dcf-bf56-56f0eab305c2/file/111219/4/HotTowelSpa.2013.vsix 12 | |
| # Browsers | |
| #cinst GoogleChrome | |
| #cinst GoogleChrome.Dev | |
| #cinst GoogleChrome.Canary | |
| cinst Firefox | |
| cinst Opera | |
| # Source Control | |
| cinst git.install | |
| cinst git-credential-manager-for-windows | |
| cinst SourceTree | |
| #cinst Post-GIT-HG | |
| cinst github | |
| #cinst hg | |
| #cinst svn | |
| #cinst tortoisehg | |
| #cinst tortoisesvn | |
| #cinst tortoisegit | |
| #cinst visualsvn | |
| #cinst VisualHG | |
| #cinst tfsSidekicks2012 | |
| # Editors | |
| cinst vim | |
| #cinst sublimetext2 | |
| #cinst markpad | |
| cinst visualstudiocode | |
| cinst atom | |
| cinst brackets | |
| # JetBrains (PhpStorm has everthing that WebStorm does and more) | |
| #cinst dotpeek | |
| #cinst dotTrace | |
| #cinst resharper | |
| #cinst PhpStorm | |
| # RegGate | |
| #cinst reflector | |
| # Web / Internet / Network | |
| #cinst nginx | |
| #cinst curl | |
| #cinst nmap | |
| cinst wireshark | |
| #cinst OwinHost | |
| #cinst Wget | |
| # Social | |
| cinst skype | |
| cinst slack | |
| # Languages | |
| cinst nodejs.install | |
| #cinst ruby | |
| #cinst ruby.devkit | |
| #cinst Lua | |
| #cinst clojure | |
| #cinst HaskellPlatform | |
| #cinst groovy | |
| #cinst golang | |
| #cinst scala | |
| #cinst python | |
| #cinst php | |
| #cinst erlang | |
| # development utilities | |
| cinst yeoman | |
| cinst fiddler4 | |
| cinst linqpad | |
| cinst kdiff3 | |
| #cinst beyondcompare | |
| #cinst mysql.workbench | |
| #cinst GnuWin | |
| cinst dependencywalker | |
| cinst typescript | |
| cinst HxD | |
| #cinst snoop | |
| cinst stylecop | |
| #cinst ScriptCs | |
| cinst ilmerge | |
| cinst postman | |
| # general utilities | |
| #cinst 7zip.install | |
| cinst sysinternals | |
| #cinst pstools | |
| cinst putty | |
| cinst filezilla | |
| #Install-ChocolateyPinnedTaskBarItem "$env:programfiles\filezilla\filezilla.exe" | |
| cinst rdcman | |
| cinst greenshot | |
| cinst hashcheck | |
| #cinst AzureStorageExplorer | |
| cinst lockhunter | |
| #cinst sharpkeys | |
| #cinst f.lux | |
| # end user | |
| cinst treesizefree | |
| cinst iTunes | |
| #cinst kindle | |
| cinst vlc | |
| # Environment | |
| #cinst Microsoft-Hyper-V-All -source windowsFeatures | |
| #cinst IIS-WebServerRole -source windowsfeatures | |
| # cloud | |
| cinst dropbox | |
| cinst googledrive | |
| #cinst OneDrive | |
| #cinst sugarsync | |
| # graphics, games, audio | |
| cinst OpenCV | |
| #cinst openal | |
| #cinst unity | |
| cinst blender | |
| cinst freecad | |
| cinst inkscape | |
| cinst audacity | |
| # testing | |
| #cinst specflow | |
| #cinst nunit | |
| # Continuous Integration | |
| #cinst NAnt | |
| #cinst jenkins | |
| #cinst cruisecontrol.net | |
| # Android Development | |
| #cinst android-sdk | |
| #cinst AndroidStudio |
Then in a powershell prompt:
START http://boxstarter.org/package/nr/url?https://path/to/myfile.txt This with a bit of testing can give you a full machine setup for say your CI servers without requiring complex maintenance. This is before you have to write a single script!
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