December 2009 - Posts
I have been working on a new build process using TFS 2008 and VS 2008 and were setting up a new build server and were researching whether I could run web tests in the build PC as part of build verification test without installing the Visual Studio test edition. Looks like it is possible with VS 2010 and all you need is VS Team Agent which is a lightweight component running on your build server.
Here is the article, clearly explaining how to go about it.
http://blogs.msdn.com/anutthara/archive/2009/12/16/running-tests-in-mstest-without-installing-the-vs-ide.aspx
Have you ever wondered why the @@IDENTITY is not returning the "right" value occassionally when everything was working correctly earlier. Here is the reason.
@@IDENTITY and SCOPE_IDENTITY return the last identity value generated in any table in the current session. However, SCOPE_IDENTITY returns the value only within the current scope; @@IDENTITY is not limited to a specific scope.
Read on here
http://blogs.msdn.com/spike/archive/2009/10/20/my-take-on-identity-vs-scope-identity.aspx
Tess explains how to approach the troubleshooting a issue.
http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2009/09/09/first-step-in-troubleshooting-complex-issues-define-and-scope-your-issue-properly.aspx
I like this comment
"This is so true. One of my favorite cartoons (don't know where I first saw
it) is of a guy crawling around under a streetlight looking for something.
Someone stops to help, and after looking for a while asks "where did you lose
it?"
"Over there" he points to a dark corner
"Why are we looking for it here?"
"Because the light is better!"
Brain has done a wonderful job on creating a blog on the key developments/architectural changes in TFS 2010. Worth reading. Even better the comment section (though it is real long!!). I was hoping for branched history for a given file in TFS 2010 but it looks like it is still missing. I guess we have to live with Power tools until it comes out:(
http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2009/04/19/team-foundation-server-2010-key-concepts.aspx
Ever wondered how to get rid of that stupid shut down dialog box reason when using VM? Here is the registry tweak to fix that.
http://blogs.msdn.com/jb/archive/2009/11/05/who-needs-a-reason-really.aspx
Very good video on WWF from PDC 2009.
http://blogs.msdn.com/sajay/archive/2009/11/24/pdc09-windows-workflow-foundation-4-from-the-inside-out.aspx
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