Today, as well as the new VS11 Beta bits from Microsoft, the ALM Rangers also shipped best practice guidance to get you started with the beta. This is a project I am very proud to have been involved with.
The full details of the supporting guidance shipped can be found here
Read MoreThe big news today is is that Microsoft released the VS11 Beta, part of which is Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE). (Oh they also release something called Windows 8 too – whatever that is)
Whilst upgrading my TEE instance in Eclipse (Indigo) I hit the same gotcha as I had when I originally installed TEE (in Eclipse is in …
Read MoreI have an unlocked Hauwei E585 MIFI that I use around europe, avoiding roaming charges for my UK mobile contract. I buy a local pay as you go SIM for the appropriate country and off I go.
I thought I would try the same here in the USA, where I am for the MVP Summit. I bought a T-Mobile data SIM, but it did not work so …
Read MoreMicrosoft have made a few announcements today
In the TFS 11 range there will be a new download of TFS, called Team Foundation Server Express, that includes core developer features:
Source Code Control
Work Item Tracking
Build Automation
Agile Taskboard
and is free for 5 users (you buy …
Read MoreNext Wednesday (the 22nd of February) Typemock are running a free webinar ‘Isolator V7 Preview: A New Perspective on Unit Testing’.
It will be showcasing
- Immediate feedback of newly introduced bugs with a new autorunner.
- Pinpoint identification of the bug's location with the failed-test analyzer.
- Visual coverage of …
Read MoreSteve did a nice post on the fun we had at the event for Universities and Colleges in the North East of England to help them to develop their ideas for their Imagine Cup entries.
I won’t bother to just repeat what he wrote, other than it was very nice to see students so engaged with our industry. I hope some of the …
Read MoreI have recently spoken to a number of people who were under the impression that older versions of Visual Studio could not connect to TFS2010. This is not the case. So for example you do not need to keep a TFS2005 running for your VS2005 clients.
Why you might ask does this question even come up? VS2010 can build any …
Read MoreThanks to everyone who attended my session at NEBytes last night, sorry I had to rush away. As my session was demo based I don’t have much in the way of slides to upload, but if you want to find out more have a look at my guest blog post on the UK Visual Studio blog on ‘TFS for Everyone’.
Also keep an eye on the [Black …
Read MoreI will be speaking at the NE Bytes user group next Wednesday (the 15th of Feb) on ‘TFS for Everyone’.
This a session based on the guest blog post on the UK Visual Studio blog I did on how TFS is not just for .NET developers. It can be used from a whole range of development platforms and operating systems. I will be …
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