Visual Studio & SharePoint: how to create package as part of the build process

In order to build a project and have the package created, this can be added to the project file (csproj, vbproj):

<PostBuildEventDependsOn>
  $(PostBuildEventDependsOn);
  CreatePackage;
</PostBuildEventDependsOn>

SharePoint 2010: PowerShell to delete a web part from the gallery

param($Identity = "", $Url = "")

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint")
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages")
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing")


$SPSite = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($Url)

$SPWeb = $SPSite.OpenWeb()
$WebPartGallery = $SPWeb.Lists["Web Part Gallery"]
$gall = $WebPartGallery.Items  select Name
$count = $gall.Count
for ($i =0; $i -lt $count;$i++)
{
    if ($gall[$i] -match $Identity)
    {
        $WebPartGallery.Items.Delete($i)
        $SPWeb.Update()
        Write-Host "$Identity deleted"
        $SPWeb.Dispose()
    }
}