If you just want to install the latest nightly build without setting Visual Studio up for the nightly build following the steps above, then you can certainly do that too.īy installing the nightly build directly will still make Visual Studio alert you when an update to the official release is ready to be installed. You've now added the nightly feed to Visual Studio and updates will start to show up in Tools -> Extensions and Updates dialog In Visual Studio go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Extensions and Updates.Ĭlick the Add button and fill in the name and URL fields. The nightly builds simply gives you more updates between the official releases. You will still be notified by Visual Studio to update to the official builds. The purpose of the nightly builds is to make sure that you always have the latest and greatest, as well as help the Web Essentials team to find bugs earlier, so they can be fixed before the next official release is published. This is recommended if you need specific bug fixes and can't wait till the next official release or you just like to live on the cutting edge.

These builds aren't actual nightly builds, but will be updated several times a week. You can now get the latest nightly builds of Web Essentials 2013 automatically delivered in Visual Studio.