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• Errors Faking Sharepoint with Typemock due to assembly versions

  I was doing some work today where I needed to fake out a SPWeb object. No problem you think, I am using Typemock Isolator so I just use the line var fakeWeb = Isolate.Fake.Instance<SPWeb>(); But I got the error Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.SPWebConstructor... Posted Feb 09 2010, 11:43 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Technical Tips, Testing, Typemock

• Typemock Isolator 2010 released

  Today Typemock released their Isolator 6.0 version with full support for VS2010. Check out the full announcement at their site, there some nice new features there. Posted Jan 18 2010, 09:08 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, Typemock

• My Christmas Message to the world

  Like the Queen, I have recorded a Christmas message this year. Now I have no prior knowledge of what her Majesty will speak about this year, but I will lay good odds it is not about using Typemock Isolator. On the Typemock site you will find a short video... Posted Dec 23 2009, 10:35 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Opinion, Typemock

• Webcast on ASP.NET testing

  I have just attended an excellent free webinar session on ASP.NET testing with Ivonna and Typemock by Gil Zilberfeld of Typemock and Artem Smirnov creator of Ivonna a Typemock add-on for unit testing ASP.NET The session is being repeated today at 2pm... Posted Aug 25 2009, 11:02 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, Events, Typemock

• This past week’s Nxtgen events

  Thanks to everyone who attended my two Nxtgen session on Sharepoint and Typemock in Birmingham and Manchester. You can find copies of the slide on the Black Marble site. There was a good deal of chat in how Typemock could be used for more general ASP... Posted Aug 20 2009, 01:21 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Events, Sharepoint, Community, Typemock

• Nxtgen UK tour reminder

  A reminder that next week I will be speaking on ‘Developer testing of SharePoint projects using Typemock’ at two Nxtgen user groups: Birmingham on the 18th Aug 2009 Manchester on the 19th Aug 2009 Hope to see you there. Posted Aug 15 2009, 10:21 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Events, Sharepoint, Community, Typemock

• My Glasgow presentation last night.

  Thanks to everyone who turned up for my presentation on Typemock and Sharepoint in Glasgow last night. I have just upload my slides onto the Black Marble site . As the session was quite demo driven the slides don’t offer the best code samples. If you... Posted Jul 16 2009, 05:04 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, Events, Sharepoint, Community, Typemock

• Speaking at Scottish Developers on Typemock

  On Wednesday the 15th this week I will be speaking at Scottish Developers on developer testing of SharePoint . This is a free event so please come along if you are interested and in the area. If you are not able to make it to Glasgow but are interested... Posted Jul 13 2009, 01:19 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, Events, Sharepoint, Typemock

• Logging everything that is going on when an assembly loads using CThru

  Whist trying to work out if there is any way to get around the problem I am suffering with Sharepoint workflows idling inside a Typemock Isolator test harness I have been having a good look at CThru ; a set if libraries for Typemock that, and I quote... Posted Jun 22 2009, 12:33 PM by Richard with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Testing, Typemock

• Everytime I have to use Typemock I need to ask does my code stinks?

  Ok a bit sweeping but I think there is truth in this, if you have to resort to a mocking framework (such as Typemock the one I use) I think it is vital to ask ‘why am I using this tool?’ I think there are three possible answers: I have to mock some back... Posted May 24 2009, 10:06 AM by Richard with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Opinion, Typemock

• New bundle from Typemock

  I have been blogging for a while now on using Tyepmock & Ivonna for various forms of testing, well you can bow buy both packages as a bundle and here is the blog/press viral marketing release….. Unit Testing ASP.NET? ASP.NET unit testing has never... Posted May 18 2009, 11:22 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, Typemock

• My grok talk on Sharepoint testing with Typemock Isolator and Ivonna at DD Scotland

  I had an enjoyable day at Developer Day Scotland in Glasgow yesterday; a big thank you to the organisers and speakers. I did a short grok talk on ‘Testing Sharepoint using Typemock Isolator and Ivonna’, a few people asked me for more details. Well the... Posted May 03 2009, 09:50 PM by Richard with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Testing, Events, DDD, Community, Typemock

• Testing access attributes on the Microsoft MVC framework

  The MVC framework provides an excellent way to create a testable web site. In fact when you create a new MVC project you are given the option to create an associated test project that contains MSTEST unit tests for all the sample methods in the MVC Controller... Posted May 01 2009, 09:56 AM by Richard with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Technical Tips, Testing, VSTS, MVC, Typemock

• My NxtGen tour in August

  I will be speaking on developer testing of SharePoint projects using Typemock at both the Birmingham and Manchester NXtGen user groups in August. For more details check the NxtGen site . Posted Apr 29 2009, 04:06 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, Events, Sharepoint, Community, Typemock

• Licensing exception with Ivonna the Typemock add-in (and any other add-ins I suspect)

  Like a good developer I have been trying to run Visual Studio with least privilege; with Windows 7 this seems to work well. My main account is not an administrator, but Windows prompts me for elevated rights when needed. I have been developing happily... Posted Apr 25 2009, 07:51 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Technical Tips, Testing, Windows 7, Typemock