June 2009 - Posts

• Customize test running in a Tfs Team Build

  In previous post I showed how to setup a build in tfs that not only builds the solution, but also runs all the tests. The next step is to configure how tests are run and reacting to test result. The first thing I want is the ability to make the entire build fail if one [...] Posted Jun 29 2009, 11:41 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: .NET framework, Team Foundation Server

• Microsoft Technology Specialist - ASP.NET 3.5

  Ieri ho sostenuto e passato l'esame 70-562 , Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - ASP.NET Application Development. Gli argomenti spaziavano dall'utilizzo di ASP.NET Ajax, ai controlli per il mobile, al databing, i validators e tanto altro.. ed è stato... Posted Jun 27 2009, 08:23 AM by PeppeDotNet Blog Filed under: .NET 3.5

• Running tests during a build in TFS.

  The term “Build” is a complex one that does not only means “compile source files into final assemblies”, but it comprehends many other operations that are vital for the project. One of these operation is running unit tests during Tfs build. The reason to have unit tests run at each build is to continuously keep [...] Posted Jun 26 2009, 11:14 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: Team Foundation Server

• NUnitit: Visual Studio Addin to support NUnit and some customizations to it

  These days I’m heavily working on NUnit to build some extensions to the testing framework we need on our projects. We need a simple way to launch our tests inside visual studio while developing. Our first solution was to use TestDriven.NET or the Reshaper... Posted Jun 26 2009, 07:19 AM by Guardian's Home Filed under: .NET, Visual Studio, Addin, NUnit

• Import log and filegroup file sizes option for Vs Db edition

  In previous post I deal with file size in VS DB edition. To avoid this problem, (as my friend Lorenzo pointed me out), when you import the database structure, with the Database Project wizard, you must not select the “Import log and filegroup file size”. If you deselect this option the import wizard does not [...] Posted Jun 26 2009, 06:03 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: .NET framework

• VS Database Edition, pay attention to file size when you import db

  I use Database Edition on a legacy database that is very big, when I created the database project I simply ask to VS database edition to import the structure and everything is ok. Then I noticed that deploy operation when database does not exists on the server is really slow. I use in the past [...] Posted Jun 26 2009, 02:43 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: .NET framework

• I do not have time to write tests excuse

  I’m not a tests fanatic, but I use a lot of unit tests in during my development days. I do not aim to 100% coverage, and I do not believe that TDD can be used in every moment, and I use unit testing when it is necessary for me. Sometimes it happens that someone calls me [...] Posted Jun 26 2009, 01:27 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: Uncategorized

• Team foundation Build – Share Builds among multiple servers

  When you begin to use Team Foundation Server, you will create different builds for all of your company’s projects. Since building complex products can be resource intensive, it is likely that your Team Foundation Server machine starts to perform slowly. This is a typical issue of Continuous integration servers, since they compile projects at each [...] Posted Jun 25 2009, 01:17 PM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: Software Architecture, Team Foundation Server

• A dto factory code generator with visual studio T4

  Data Transfer Objects, best known as Dto, are an essential part of projects that uses services or Domain Model. Dto are great, but the disadvantage is that maintaining Dto objects is a pain, because they are composed by repetitive code, and you have no fun in writing them. Since building a Dto is a mechanical process [...] Posted Jun 24 2009, 11:29 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: Software Architecture, Entity Framework

• Introspection vs reflection

  As every .Net programmer know, reflection is the standard way to analyze an assembly finding types, interfaces etc. This approach cannot be used in all situations, as an example when you generate code with T4 engine in visual studio 2008. As Oleg states here, if you need to analyze assemblies during code generation, you should use [...] Posted Jun 24 2009, 03:33 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: .NET framework

• Come far apparire il menu di WSPBuilder in Visual Studio 2008

  WSPBuilder è, a mio parere, il progetto più utile presente su Codeplex per quanto riguarda lo sviluppo di personalizzazioni su piattaforma SharePoint. E' veramente ben fatto e ormai fondamentale per la creazione di pacchetti di deployment contenenti... Posted Jun 23 2009, 02:23 PM by PeppeDotNet Blog Filed under: Sharepoint

• Visual Studio Database edition How to find objects that reference other objects

  Another feature of Visual Studio Database Edition I cannot live without, is the possibility to find all objects that references a specific table or stored procedure etc. To see a dependency for an object simply click on the SchemaView and then you can right click on a table, and choose “View Dependencies” This command will [...] Posted Jun 23 2009, 07:31 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: General, .NET framework

• Creating a build with Tfs

  I worked for long time with NANT + CC.net as continuous integration tools. I used subversion as Source Control System and use Mantis or Redmine for issue tracking. The main disadvantage of using such a configuration is the need to make each tool communicate with others, the good part is that these tools are open [...] Posted Jun 22 2009, 09:32 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: .NET framework, Team Foundation Server

• Come eliminare i profili inattivi (non più presenti in Active Directory) da MOSS 2007

  La configurazione di default per quanto riguarda l'importazione e la sincronizzazione dei propri profili utenti con Active Directory è fatta in modo che una volta che un utente viene cancellato dall'elenco presente in Active Directory, questo... Posted Jun 19 2009, 05:16 AM by PeppeDotNet Blog Filed under: Sharepoint

• Database Test With DataBase Edition

  I really like the ability to use the Visual Studio Team System Database Edition to create Database Test where I can specify the Database Project with the structure and a DataGeneration Plan to preload data for testing. While this is really good to create a set of unit test that are repeatable, it can slow up [...] Posted Jun 19 2009, 04:14 AM by Alkampfer's Place Filed under: Testing