I installed the TFS 2008 SP1 on a site that was using custom accounts for the identities that run the application pools for the WSS instance and Report Services. These user accounts got reset back to Network Service when the service pack was installed; I had not see this occur on any site I had upgraded previously. …

The recent release of the MSBuild Extensions includes a task for StyleCop 4.3. I have been trying to get this integrated into our TFS TeamBuild, I think it is a far more preferable way to do it than editing the various project files in our solution to link in StyleCop as you had to do in 4.2. There are a good few steps …

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 …

Lauren has has restyled our blog server to match the new company web site and also done a matching blog template. Do you like it?

An excellent turnout for tonights XP Club meeting. As I write Nick McKenna is talking about his experiences in adopting agile processes.

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 been on my Dell Mini; I …

I 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 …

It is getting to that conference time of year again; I can’t believe the PDC is only 3 weeks away, then VBug the next week and DDD7 just after that. A bit closer to home there are some free events coming up this month: XPClub - October Meeting: "Agile Narrative" by Nick McKenna, Wednesday, 8th October, 7pm for 7:30pm …

I 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 …

As 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 …