How do I get notification that the local Visual Studio build is complete?

Question

There doesn't seem to be a post-build solution task. One could presumably hack it by creating a dummy project that is the last one to build and put a beep in the post-build project.

Answer 1

Do you need something like this (screenshot is there)?

Did you know you can assign sounds to a few Visual Studio events? You can assign a WAV file to play when a build fails or succeeds. Just open the Control Panel, select Sounds and Audio Devices and then click the Sounds tab. Scroll down to Microsoft Development Environment. I assigned my Build Succeeded to a WAV file of Darth Vader saying "All Too Easy" and my Build Failed to a WAV file of Han Solo saying "I got a bad feeling about this."

Answer 2

There is Visual Studio Ding extension.

This small extension will play notification sounds when following events occur:

• Build Complete
  • Entering debugger mode (breakpoint hit, etc)
  • Unit tests finished to run

https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/941d0ed0-1218-452e-8585-d3ac693cda17

Answer 3

The ToastNotifier Extension seems to work well for visual feedback.