Well the votes are in and my proposed session for DDD7 on automated testing did not make the cut, but thanks to anyone who voted for it. I can’t say I am surprised that I am not on the list given the larger number of very interesting sessions proposed.
However, I am a little disappointed that even though there were a …
Read MoreLauren has has restyled our blog server to match the new company web site and also done a matching blog template.
Do you like it?
Read More- An excellent turnout for tonights XP Club meeting. As I write Nick McKenna is talking about his experiences in adopting agile processes.
Read More Are you seeing the error "Cannot play media. You do not have the correct version of the flash player. Download the correct version" on the BBC web site or on YouTube "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player"?
I have …
Read MoreI posted a while ago on wiring in Fitness.Net into a unit test framework using HTML files to hold the tests. Well I have been using the technique for some workflow acceptance testing and hit a couple of gotta’s that are easy to forget:
- Make sure the HTML files containing the user story tests are set to copy to the …
Read MoreI posted about the problems of using Blend with source control, specifically TFS. Well the next version of TFS Power tools gives a partial answer.
They are to include Windows Shell Extensions so at least the check-in/out process can be managed would having another application open other than an explorer windows.
Well …
Read MoreAs we move into the SOA world workflows will become more common and so the need to test them will increase. If we take the most simplistic view these are a sets if statements and loops so should be amenable to automated testing and TDD.
However you have to careful how you try to do this, it is too easy to forget that …
Read More- The one major thing that I did not like with my Dell Mini was the fact it had installed XP Home. My main grip with this was the fact my main user account had to be an admin user, and I could not login as a user called administrator unless in safe mode. So I decided to do an in place upgrade to XP Professional (which …
Read More I posted on the problems I had had mocking out an SMTP server, well I have moved on a bit. As I said in the update note in the last post, I had given up on nDumbster and moved over to LumiSoft's freeware mail server.
The Lumisoft server is a far better starting point as it is a 'real' server that supports all the major …
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