Microsoft has a long history of introducing new features to already shipped products as a way to add value to what you have purchased. Many teams have released such enhancements under the banner of Power Toys. The first release to be deemed a Power Toy came from the Windows team for Windows® 95 (see Raymond [...]
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Team System: Building a Visual Studio Team Explorer Extension
Posted by james on October 5, 2011
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The main user interface you use to interact with Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the Team Explorer client. Team Explorer provides a way to access and view information on one or more TFS servers. By default, Team Explorer provides access to TFS features like work items, SharePoint document libraries, reports, builds, and source control.Marcel’s development [...]
Team System: Work Item Tracking
Posted by james on September 26, 2011
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Code download available at: TeamSystem2007_04.exe (179 KB) Browse the Code Online In my previous column, I started to describe how you can build a source-code control add-in for Microsoft® Word 2003 using the APIs exposed in Team System. If you examine the check-in dialog exposed by Team Explorer in Visual Studio® 2005, you’ll notice that [...]
Smarter Art: Create Custom SmartArt Graphics For Use In The 2007 Office System
Posted by james on September 6, 2011
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Create Custom SmartArt Graphics For Use In The 2007 Office SystemThis article discusses: SmartArt graphic data modelCreating XML for custom SmartArt graphicsAlgorithms, constraints, and rulesTesting and debugging custom SmartArt graphicsThis article uses the following technologies: The 2007 Microsoft Office SystemCode download available at: SmartArt2007_02.exe (152 KB) Browse the Code Online The 2007 Microsoft Office system [...]
Mutant Power: Create A Simple Mutation Testing System With The .NET Framework
Posted by james on August 15, 2011
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Create A Simple Mutation Testing System With The .NET FrameworkThis article discusses: Understanding mutation testing and its relevance to code coveragePreparing and mutating the DLL under testAnalyzing test resultsThis article uses the following technologies: .NET Framework, C#Code download available at:MutationTesting.exe (353 KB) Browse the Code OnlineMutation testing is the least common and most misunderstood type [...]
Team System: Team Build 2008 Customization
Posted by james on August 15, 2011
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In my November 2008 column on Team Foundation Build 2008, I discussed what Team Build 2008 is, why you care, how to create a build, and how to use the new API to program the Team Build service. In this column, I’m going to cover how you can modify the default behavior of Team Build, [...]
Team Up!: Get All Your Devs in a Row with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Posted by james on August 12, 2011
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[ Editor's Update - 1/20/2006: This article refers to a beta version of Visual Studio 2005. An updated version of the article, reflecting features found in the final release of Visual Studio 2005, can be found at Team Up: Get All Your Devs In A Row With Visual Studio 2005 Team System.] Get All Your [...]
Team System: Team Build 2008
Posted by james on July 24, 2011
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Team Foundation Server (TFS) is about teams. Sure, a team of one can use it, but TFS is really all about collaboration with other humans on your development projects. Build automation is not F5. Build automation is about collecting, assembling, validating, and auditing. The idea is that you will collect all of the artifacts that [...]
Around the Horn: Engineer a Distributed System Using .NET Remoting for Process Intensive Analysis
Posted by james on July 7, 2011
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Engineer a Distributed System Using .NET Remoting for Process Intensive AnalysisThis article discusses: Using .NET Remoting for distributed processing systemsProcessor-intensive scientific analysisData acquisition fundamentalsVirtual instrumentation for measurement and automationThis article uses the following technologies: C# and .NET RemotingCode download available at: DistributedNETRemoting.exe (161 KB) Browse the Code Online Imagine you’re testing an F-16 Falcon fighter [...]