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Shipping unit tests with your shrinkwrapped software

Apr 12, 2007 • 3 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Last year, at PDC, I sat down with Adam Cogan, of SSW, during an MSDN magazine party. Feeling the guilty pleasure of totally geeking out while a decent party was going on, Adam led a group of geeks …

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PEX?

Mar 28, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

PEX = Program EXploration (a Microsoft Research project). I'm not really sure what this is, but a fellow RD, Barry Gervin, pointed it out to some of us MVPs recently after he visited a Microsoft …

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A flurry of VSTS announcements

Mar 28, 2007 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I've been in Orlando this week, speaking at SQL Connections and have been derelict in my blogging duties, especially with regard to VSTS. Microsoft announced on Monday that they had acquired DevBiz …

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Visual Studio Team System Seminar in Boise

Mar 18, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Next week there will be a two-day seminar on Visual Studio Team System (VSTS). Unfortunately, I won't be delivering the event. If you attend, you can see how VSTS includes an integrated team …

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Mock Objects in .NET

Feb 10, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I'm sitting through a good presentation on mock objects in .NET presented by Tim Shakarian (TSHAK). Tim gave a great overview of why we should care, and how mock objects it can simplify our TDD …

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Introducing nTierTraining

Jan 12, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

My friend Ed Lance has started up a new training company: nTierTraining. They focus mostly on Java software development, and include some really niche classes: Hibernate, AJAX, Spring, Servlets, …

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Visual Studio 2005 SP1 now available

Dec 16, 2006 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Some of you have been beta testing it and, thanks in part to your hard work, it's ready for prime-time ... before the holidays! Click here to learn more, and download SP1 for Visual Studio 2005, Team …

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Borland in Boise on November 15

Oct 30, 2006 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Join Borland for a free educational breakfast seminar on Wednesday, November 15th, 2006 to learn more about their Software Delivery Optimization (SDO) – A Vision for Software Development. Borland has …

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Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals

Jun 1, 2006 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

The secret is out! I can finally breathe a sigh of relief and not have to look over both shoulders before saying the words "Data Dude" or "K2". That's right, Database Professionals will soon get a …

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