Six months ago we started looking into finally upgrading our 2010 TFS instance at work to 2013. After several months of research and issues Microsoft released the CTP of TFS 2015 so we decided to go all the way to the bleeding edge. We expected this to be a pretty quick project but like most …
TFS 2010 to 2015 Upgrade: CodedUI Feature Test Builds Read More »
We had the issue described here at work last week with SlowCheetah and multiple transformed XML files to be deployed via a Setup Project. After digging through the SlowCheetah and Microsoft MSBuild scripts I still haven’t found the SlowCheetah fix yet but will keep trying. In the meantime, I did find a workaround. Workaround Steps …
Workaround – SlowCheetah Bug #124 (Multiple XML transformed in Setup Project) Read More »
We have developed a diagnostics framework we use to get some quick diagnostic information about our applications like whether a database or web service can be made. It’s a server/app configuration smoke test of sorts. Over time we’ve added further capabilities to it like checking registry entries exist, file/folder permissions and web/machine.config values. Our latest …
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Social media integration is a big part of any mobile app these days. So I was adding Facebook and Twitter sharing to a WP7 app I’m working on. This was my first experience using OAuth, so it didn’t go exactly smoothly but that’s for another post. After some work I had Facebook/Twitter authentication and posting …
I had asked on Twitter the other day if there was a post comparing the Microsoft Advertising SDK with alternatives and didn’t really see anything. So I thought I would share a forum post I found on the subject. Its brief but I think its valuable to see multiple perspectives on the subject. Check it …
So here it is, just in time for the biggest shopping day of the year, the Black Friday Shopper app. This app provides all the discounts and shopping info for Black Friday shoppers on the go. I knew iPhone had similar apps so I decided WP7 should too. I worked some late nights on this …
I attended the WP7 Jumpstart videos this week and found them to be a very helpful “jumpstart”. The class instructors are two Brits that did very well. They were quite comical at times. They covered both application/game development with Silverlight and game development with XNA. There wasn’t a lot of new information but it is …
I’ve been using the MVVM Light framework for my Windows Phone App and have really liked the experience. This is my first Silverlight 3/4 app and like the decoupled nature of the MVVM pattern. MVVM Light makes it really easy. I have avoided any code in the code-behind so far and hope to continue to …
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