Presenting at TechEd 2013-TechDays 2013 India ALM Track Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 I’ll be presenting at TechEd and TechDays in India, there is a lot to look forward to as the events will be hosted across India. Bangalore will be hosting TechEd on 18-19th March, Delhi will be hosting ... Presenting at TechEd 2013-TechDays 2013 India ALM Track 0 0 1
Creating Multi-Environment Windows Installers with Visual Studio ... Alex Hildyard, January 1, 0001 MSI is one of those technologies that has stood the test of time, and WiX is an increasingly popular way of creating these installer databases. There’s a perception that WiX is convoluted, complex and ... Creating Multi-Environment Windows Installers with Visual Studio ... 0 0 2
ALM Mag – Harnessing the cloud for Performance Testing Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Recently my blog post ‘Leveraging the cloud for Performance Testing’ got featured in the ALM Mag Vol. 1 Issue 1 – January 2013. Figure 1 – Visual Studio Load Testing using Windows Azure – featured in ALM ... ALM Mag – Harnessing the cloud for Performance Testing 0 0 0
My Experience with free source control from Microsoft Vijaya Malla, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has been very generous with all the free stuff they are giving to the developer community and among that is a free source control (tfs ). It is free for 5 developers and is a very little after ... My Experience with free source control from Microsoft 0 0 81
Solving the ALM puzzle using Microsoft Suite of tools Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 I presented a talk at the #vBug user group run by David Ringsell at Bristol. David in his day job runs his own venture known by the name of “Talk-IT” which provides training for developers. You can check ... Solving the ALM puzzle using Microsoft Suite of tools 0 0 0
Using Lambda’s to Isolate Temporal Coupling Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 One of the most awkward things to deal with in code is Temporal Coupling. It leads to messy fragile code, that is difficult to maintain. What do I mean by Temporal Coupling? When you consume a class/component ... Using Lambda’s to Isolate Temporal Coupling 0 0 4
TFS / Visual Studio 2012 End To End Demo Project–Intro Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 I’ve been working on a hobby project for the past little while, and I wanted to blog my way through it as I go. My intent is to use a lot of new technologies, agile best practices, and some trendy architecture ... TFS / Visual Studio 2012 End To End Demo Project–Intro 0 0 0
Book “Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter” published terje, January 1, 0001 During the summer and fall this year, me and my colleague Jakob Ehn has worked together on a book project that has now finally hit the stores! The title of the book is Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter ... Book “Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter” published 0 0 5
Using Definition of Done to Drive Agile Maturity Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 I’ve been an Agile Coach at a lot of different clients over the years, and I want to share an approach I use to help them adopt and mature over time. It’s important to realize that “Agile” is not a black/white ... Using Definition of Done to Drive Agile Maturity 0 0 1
Day in the Life of Agile - The Forge Michigan November 27, 2012 csmith18119, January 1, 0001 Went to training at The Forge yesterday and did a Day in the life of Agile with Pillar. It was pretty good. Check them out at: http://pillartechnology.com/ Abstract: A single-day agile project simulation ... Day in the Life of Agile - The Forge Michigan November 27, 2012 0 0 0
Book “Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter” published! Jakob Ehn, January 1, 0001 Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2012/11/29/book-team-foundation-server-2012-starter-published/ Book “Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter” published! 0 0 0
IASA South East Florida Chapter – November 2012 Meeting Rainer Habermann, January 1, 0001 After a short introduction by Rainer Habermann and announcements for the chapter and promoting the upcoming IASA IFC Certification Class in January 2013 at Citrix, the audience was exited to welcome Jesus ... IASA South East Florida Chapter – November 2012 Meeting 0 0 0
November 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Recap Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 So the year is coming to an end. A hearty few came out two days before Thanksgiving to discuss adopting agile in the enterprise. While Norm Murrin claimed to be nervous about talking in front of a group ... November 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Recap 0 0 0
Strangling the life out of Software Testing MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I recently did a course at the local university on Software Engineering. At the beginning of the course I looked over the outline of the subject and there seemed to be some really good content. It covered ... Strangling the life out of Software Testing 0 0 12
Some of my favourite Visual Studio 2012 things–Teams Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 Getting the balance right for when and how many team projects to create has always been a bit of a balance. On large initiatives, there are often teams who work toward a common system. These teams often ... Some of my favourite Visual Studio 2012 things–Teams 0 0 0
Announcing the Winnipeg VS.NET 2012 Community Launch Event! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Back in May 2010 the local Winnipeg technical community got together and put on a launch event for VS.NET 2010. That event was such a good time that we’re doing it again this year for the VS.NET 2012 launch! ... Announcing the Winnipeg VS.NET 2012 Community Launch Event! 0 0 2
Connect Team Foundation Service/TFS 2012 with Visual Studio 2010 ... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hello, Microsoft finally released the Team Foundation Service in late October 2012 after its long time in the preview phase. I was already using the TFS Preview which was free but I was happy to see Microsoft ... Connect Team Foundation Service/TFS 2012 with Visual Studio 2010 ... 0 0 4
Kauffman Foundation Selects Stackify to Present at Startup@Kauffm... Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 Stackify will join fellow Kansas City startups to kick off Global Entrepreneurship WeekOn Monday, November 12, Stackify, a provider of tools that improve developers’ ability to support, manage and monitor ... Kauffman Foundation Selects Stackify to Present at Startup@Kauffm... 0 0 1
Agilist, Heal Thyself! Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 I’ve been meaning to blog about a great experience I had earlier in the year at Prairie Dev Con Calgary. Myself and Steve Rogalsky did a session that we called “Agilist, Heal Thyself!”. We used a format ... Agilist, Heal Thyself! 0 0 1
It’s All About Expectation Management D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I saw this tweet from Gerald Weinberg today: I’d expand on this – its not just managers, its our clients as well. With so much focus on “agile” and reducing the amount of wasteful documentation created, ... It’s All About Expectation Management 0 0 0
November 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Announcement Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 The year is quickly coming to an end. This is the most exciting part of the year with technology manufacturers in overdrive trying to release as many products for Christmas as possible. Our group is trying ... November 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Announcement 0 0 0
New features in TFS Demo Setup 1.0.0.2 Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Release Notes – http://tfsdemosetup.codeple... | Download | Source Code | Report a Bug | Ideas Just pushed out the 2nd release of the TFS Demo setup on CodePlex, below a quick look at some of the new ... New features in TFS Demo Setup 1.0.0.2 0 0 1
Getting developers and support to work together Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 Agile development has ushered in the norm of rapid iterations and change within products. One of the biggest challenges for agile development is educating the rest of the company. At my last company our ... Getting developers and support to work together 0 0 1
Robots & Pencils Bring iOS Dev Camp/Dev School to Winnipeg D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 My buddy Paul Thorsteinson from Robots and Pencils has come up with an elaborate way to collect his Mac power adaptor that I keep forgetting to mail to him – he’s coming to town with Jonathan Rasmusson ... Robots & Pencils Bring iOS Dev Camp/Dev School to Winnipeg 0 0 1
Dadaism and Agility alexhildyard, January 1, 0001 We all have our little bugbears, and something that has given me particular pause over the years is the place of Agility in the software development life cycle. While I have seen it used successfully on ... Dadaism and Agility 0 0 0
Production Access Denied! Who caused this rule anyways? Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 One of the biggest challenges for developers is getting access to production servers. In smaller dev teams of 5 or less people everyone usually has access. Then you hire developer #6, he messes something ... Production Access Denied! Who caused this rule anyways? 0 0 4
It is not quantifiably better MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 An interesting statement I have heard recently in one of the organizations that I have been working with is that some of the agile processes that we are implementing are not quanitfiably better than the ... It is not quantifiably better 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - When Node.js Meets Windows Azure Shaun, January 1, 0001 In the first post of this series I introduced on how to run Node.js application on Windows. In the second one I demonstrated about how to use SQL Server in Node.js. That was the steps when I was learning ... Node.js Adventure - When Node.js Meets Windows Azure 0 0 0
Principles vs. Process MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I recently had an interesting experience with a new team learning Scrum. The team came from a hierarchical background where they were very process oriented. For the first few sprints of scrum the team ... Principles vs. Process 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - Node.js with SQL Server Shaun, January 1, 0001 In my previous post I demonstrated how to install, configure and run Node.js application on Windows. In this post I will cover a specific and short topic, which is how to use SQL Server in Node.js. Install ... Node.js Adventure - Node.js with SQL Server 0 0 8
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 now Live! Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Today was the formal launch event for Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5, a state-of-the-art development solution for building modern applications that span connected devices and continuous services, from ... Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 now Live! 0 0 1
Agile Development Requires Agile Support Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 Agile development has become the standard methodology for application development. The days of long term planning with giant Gantt waterfall charts and detailed requirements is fading away. For years the ... Agile Development Requires Agile Support 0 0 3
Lessons learnt in implementing Scrum in a Large Organization that... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I recently had the experience of being involved in a “test” scrum implementation in a large organization that was used to a traditional project management approach. Here are some lessons that I learnt ... Lessons learnt in implementing Scrum in a Large Organization that... 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day - 1/Sep/2012 - Pro Agile .NET Development ... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 deal of the APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM"Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM guides you through a real-world ASP.NET project and ... APress Deal of the Day - 1/Sep/2012 - Pro Agile .NET Development ... 0 0 0
Minimum team development sizes MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Disclaimer - these are observations that I have had, I am not sure if this follows the philosophy of scrum, agile or whatever, but most of these insights were gained while implementing a scrum scenario. ... Minimum team development sizes 0 0 0
TFS Shipping Cadence Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Brian Harry has formally announced a change to the TFS shipping cadence from the traditional 2-3 years to production cycle to a more agile and refreshing minimum once in a 3 weeks cycle! The change didn’t ... TFS Shipping Cadence 0 0 0
Biztalk Application Testing Life Cycle AbhishekLohani, January 1, 0001 Biztalk Application Testing Life Cycle Content of Biztalk Application testing comprises 1 The Function system i.e System Testing 2 Non Function Testing i.e Performance Voulume Test 3 Integartion Testing ... Biztalk Application Testing Life Cycle 0 0 1
Stub and Shim in Visual Studio 2012 Unit Test Shaun, January 1, 0001 Unit test is very important in modern software development, especially after adopted agile. Microsoft had added the unit test support since the Visual Studio 2008. Then with some enhancement and improvement ... Stub and Shim in Visual Studio 2012 Unit Test 0 0 8
The Iron Bird Approach David Paquette, January 1, 0001 It turns out that designing software is not so different than designing commercial aircraft. I just finished watching a video that talked about the approach that Bombardier is taking in designing the new ... The Iron Bird Approach 0 0 0
Tree Surgeon 2.0 - The future on the T4 Express Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 If you've never been a fan of TreeSurgeon (http://treesurgeon.codeple... then skip this post.However, if have been there have been some interesting developments over the last couple of years.The biggest ... Tree Surgeon 2.0 - The future on the T4 Express 0 0 5
St. Louis ALT.NET Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 I’m a huge fan of the St. Louis .NET User Group and a regular attendee of their meetings, but always wished there was a local group that discussed more advanced .NET topics. (That’s not a criticism of ... St. Louis ALT.NET 0 0 0
What are they buying – work or value? Jamie Kurtz, January 1, 0001 When was the last time you ordered a pizza like this: “I want the high school kid in the back to do the following… make a big circle with some dough, curl up the edges, then put some sauce on it using ... What are they buying – work or value? 0 0 1
Welcome to new blog!! Agile.NAV ssmantha, January 1, 0001 I am quite ecstatic to announce a new blog, to which I am also a co-author. http://agilenav.wordpress.com. Agile.NAV brings in a vast amount of information of the work I did together with my colleague ... Welcome to new blog!! Agile.NAV 0 0 1
TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Morning TFS Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 My morning sessions for day three were dominated by Team Foundation Server. This has been a hot topic for our clients lately, so this topic really stuck a chord. The speaker for the first session was from ... TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Morning TFS 0 0 0
The Agile Engineering Rules of Test Code Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; ... The Agile Engineering Rules of Test Code 0 0 0
Building a Mafia…TechFest Style David Hoerster, January 1, 0001 It’s been a few months since I last blogged (not that I blog much to begin with), but things have been busy. We all have a lot going on in our lives, but I’ve had one item that has taken up a surprising ... Building a Mafia…TechFest Style 0 0 0
Code review recommendations and Code Smells Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Some time ago Twitter told that I am similar to Boris Lipschitz . Indeed he is also .Net programmer from Russia living in Australia. I‘ve read his list of Code Review points and found them quite comprehensive. ... Code review recommendations and Code Smells 0 0 1
KCDC Attendee or What I learned over my summer vacation tom, January 1, 0001 This summer I went to a the Kansas City Developers Conference (April 27 and 28th, 2012). It was fun and I learned a lot. I have been 3 times before and this is my first time blogging on it so here goes. ... KCDC Attendee or What I learned over my summer vacation 0 0 0
Events and Presentations Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 There is a number of things going on this coming weekend, so this maybe pushing it … yet good to put it out there. June 2nd (tomorrow), presenting at SharePoint Saturday St. Louis. The topic is SQL Server ... Events and Presentations 0 0 0
AJI Software is now a Microsoft Gold Application Lifecycle Manage... Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Our team at AJI Software has been hard at work over the past year on certifications and projects that has allowed us to reach Gold Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. We have focused on providing ... AJI Software is now a Microsoft Gold Application Lifecycle Manage... 0 0 0