Author: David Starr

Yet Another Use of a Unit Test Framework

Nov 26, 2008 • 2 min read • David Starr

Believe me, I understand TDD. I grok it. It is in my soul. I also happen to believe (and know from experience) that unit test frameworks are valuable far beyond their use in TDD. Some of the best uses …

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Version Control with 2008 SP1

Jun 25, 2008 • 1 min read • David Starr

I am a simple man. All I ever wanted was drag and drop for source control. That folder chooser dialog was a bear. Now we will get it with Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Thank goodness. From the web site: …

Tools Development Visual Studio ALM

Viewing Your Backlog

May 23, 2008 • 4 min read • David Starr

In many Agile development processes, there exists the idea of THE BACKLOG. This is particularly true in Scrum, the methodology that originated the idea. The recipe from Scrum is a Product Backlog …

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Installing a TFS Production Server - Meeting Notes

Apr 18, 2008 • 1 min read • David Starr

I just had a meeting where we discussed setting up a TFS 2008 production server and I went through the system requirements with our system administrator. The focus was on groups needed in Active …

Visual Studio ALM

A Geeky Road Adventure

Apr 2, 2008 • 1 min read • David Starr

I am currently in Jacksonville, North Carolina to teach a 3 day Team System class to the U. S. Marine Corp. To get here, I took 3 planes today with the last one loaded up with Marines on their way to …

Misc

Who is a Product Owner?

Mar 28, 2008 • 2 min read • David Starr

Because of the decentralized control model of Agile software development methodologies, there is a living debate on the role of a Product Owner, particularly in Scrum which defines the term. Here are …

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TFS Global Lists Cannot Be Deleted

Mar 26, 2008 • 1 min read • David Starr

Seriously. They can’t. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=259259&SiteID=1 You may delete specific values, but not the list itself. This means you can effectively "zero …

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Managing Global Lists in TFS

Mar 24, 2008 • 2 min read • David Starr

Having just inherited a TFS installation to manage, I received a request to add some values to a global list. I got a little nervous about this when I saw that the server had many (MANY) global lists …

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