New versions of Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services and WSPBuilder were released within the last week. I’ve used WSPBuilder on many client projects. VSeWSS has been lacking in features and stability, but it seems like many of the kinks have been worked out in this final version. The most interesting new feature of VSeWSS is the WSP View, which allows you to include or project file from being in the produced WSP.I’m not sure which tool is better at this point, as I haven’t tested out VSeWSS yet.
Update: 2/28/2008
While I was initially excited about the new VSeWSS, I’m still a little disappointed. You can’t install it on a Vista or XP Machine. I also like to build my WSP without deploying it or updating the current server (I can’t update or deploy if I’m on Vista); WSPBuilder lets me do that.
WSPBuilder also includes some neat things that VSeWW doesn’t have: a template for a solution with workflow, a template for a workflow feature, a menu item in VS to creates a SharePoint Solution Installer package, the ability to build WSPs via command line, not to mention the configurability offered through the config file (and the open source).