# Automating VS

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-vs/196891>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [February 5, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-vs/196891 "2009-02-05T20:12:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automating-vs/196891/1 "2009-02-05T20:12:44Z")

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Hi

A while ago I remeber seeing a screencast where John L. shows how to  
use  
ironruby to automate visual studio.  
I can’t find the screencast anymore but I would be interested to know  
which  
API was used. Was that just using EnvDTE ?

I’m asking because at work we are using GAT to automate visual studio  
and to  
create a kind of software factory (without the visual designers)  
When it comes to developing with GAT I think most of us will agree that  
there are more pleasant ways to develop and debug your work.

So I may get the chance to get them to use IronRuby for some of that  
stuff  
as long as we can hide from the use case/LOB developers.  
Using GAT for us is a hazard to make our sprints. Most of our story  
points  
for example go into GAT development and debugging, granted that we do  
make  
it do some crazy stuff too.

Thanks