TFS Advantage

After writing unit tests for awhile, you will observe there are common patterns and common needs. One way to fulfill some of these needs is to use a “test base class” or an “abstract test class”. Using such a pattern for MSTest can help you create more...

I'm putting on a two day training session for a group where some participants might be completely new to unit testing and/or TDD. Almost all are new to TFS. I put together a survey for the participants to gauge my audience. I thought this might be...

You still can't run compact framework unit tests in Team Foundation Build very easily. <ShamelessPlug>You'll be able to with TFS Advantage - Compact Framework Edition </ShamelessPlug> Anyway, you would think you could compile them...

I have uploaded some code snippets to download that use some of my common patterns for unit testing using MSTest . Some are Typemock centric. Some depend on helper methods which are unpublished; implement in your own code or delete the references to them...

Third Party Software All third party software should be treated as part of the source code. It needs to be included in the VSTS source code repository using the same relative paths as would be expected on a developer’s machine. The exception to this is...

I was completing an installation of a single-tier TFS system today. Another contractor thought he was going to just get it installed with a click-click-next-next. Anyway, to make a long story shorter, the SQL Server install was completely wrong to meet...

I needed a component that would examine a directory and find all test assemblies in a directory. This sounded like a job for LINQ. var allFiles = from fileName in Directory .GetFiles(directory.FullName, "*.dll" ) let assembly = Assembly .LoadFile...