Can we compile and sign the Windows 8 winjs application through the command line

Question

Can I create a winjs.appx Windows 8 package file using the command line?

Answer 1

Yes! Locate the MSBuild.exe executable file in the .NET Framework folder. You run it like this:

MSBuild.exe your/project.jsproj /p:Configuration=Release /t:Build /m 

Instead of Release, you can use Debug as well as Deploy instead of building (which will install the application locally if it has not been previously installed).

More details in the MSBuild link .

There are several usage patterns in the Rainbowdriver project in which MSBuild uses Windows 8 JS to automatically test applications using Selenium.