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  • Generating MsTest wrappers for nUnit tests

    author Richard Fennell calendar May 7, 2015 · 4 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    Recently whilst at a clients one of our consultants came across an interesting issue; the client was using Selenium to write web tests, they wanted to trigger them both from Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) as local automated tests, and also run them using BrowserStack for multi browser regression testing. The problem was …
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  • MSDeploy Parameters.xml can only replace web.config values is a value is already set

    author Richard Fennell calendar May 1, 2015 · 2 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    If you are using a parameters.xml file to set value with MSDeploy I have just found a gotcha. You need some value in the web.config file, not just an empty XML tag, else the replacement fails. So to explain…

    I had the following parameters.xml file, and use Release Management to replace the __TAG__ values at deployment …


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  • A Visual Studio Extension to create MSDeploy parameters.xml files

    author Richard Fennell calendar Apr 28, 2015 · 2 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    When you using MSdeploy you should create a parameters.xml file that exposes your web.config settings at the time of installation. This enables good deployment habits, build the product one and then set system specific values using deployment tools. The problem is that this parameters.xml file is a pain to write, it is …
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  • May is a busy time for events

    author Richard Fennell calendar Apr 23, 2015 · 1 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    Mid May is a busy time for me presenting-wise:

    • On the 12th/13th I am presenting at Techorama in Belgium
    • And on the 14th I will be presenting at a Microsoft/GreyMatter  event at Microsoft’s Reading office.

    And after that there are also the Black Marble Re:Build and Re:Ignite events. I am sure I will be involved at …


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  • Projects

    author Richard Fennell calendar Apr 7, 2015 · 2 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    All my active personal projects are now stored on Github

    You can find specific projects in the following locations (including legacy ones).

    Azure DevOps Extensions

    I have a number of extensiions for Azure DevOps, the most popular are detailed. They can be installed on Azure DevOps via the Azure DevOps Marketplace …


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  • After a few days living with a Microsoft Band…

    author Richard Fennell calendar Apr 5, 2015 · 4 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    I have worn a Polar s610 heart rate monitor as my watch for years (probably 15+), as I write it needs another battery swap, which means sending it to Polar, something I have done a couple of times in the past for servicing The batteries in the watch last 5 years or so, in the associated heart rate monitor strap maybe a …
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  • Running StyleCop from the command line and in a TFS 2015 vNext build

    author Richard Fennell calendar Apr 3, 2015 · 8 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    Updated 6 Feb 2016 - See the newer post about the new vNext build task I have written to do the same job

    Virtually any automated build will require some customisation beyond a basic compile. So as part of my upcoming Techorama session on TFS 2015 vNext build I need a demo of using a custom script as part of the build …


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  • All change - new SKUs for Visual Studio 2015

    author Richard Fennell calendar Mar 31, 2015 · 1 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    All change again on Visual Studio SKU licensing, have a look at the blog post on new SKUs for the 2015 release and also the 2015 product site. Basically it is a simplification.

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  • Cross platform build with TFS 2015 vNext Build

    author Richard Fennell calendar Mar 30, 2015 · 3 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    I have been preparing for my Techorama session on TFS vNext build. One of the demo’s I am planning is to use the Node based cross platform build agent to build something on a Linux VM. Turns out this takes a few undocumented steps to get this going with the CTP of TFS 2015

    The process I followed was:

    • I installed a …

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  • We are hosting a free event on Visual Studio ALM on the 18th March

    author Richard Fennell calendar Feb 28, 2015 · 1 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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    Black Marble are hosting, at our offices, a Microsoft event on the 18th March on ALM with Visual Studio & TFS 2013. This is a repeat of the sell out event we hosted in the autumn.

    For details of the event and registration see the booking site


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