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Case Study: Scrum @ Intralinks
A while back, we helped out at Intralinks to help them revive & reinvigorate their use of Scrum for delivering done, working software. Our part of the effort was to train approximately 200 of their software developers, software testers, and managers. This was all done over a couple months using Scrum.org’s Professional Scrum Foundations for…
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How to Make Git Work with Self-Signed SSL Certificates on TFS2018
(TL;DR — I’ve created some scripts to make this all easy. Scroll down to the bottom of the post.) When you install Team Foundation Server 2018 (TFS2018), the installer gives you the option to configure TFS to use HTTPS with a self-signed SSL certificate. This is a good thing. When given the choice between installing…
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Fix: ASP.NET Core <select> control is empty
I found a nifty little quirk in ASP.NET Core recently where the <select> control (dropdown, combobox, listbox) is empty. Basically, put a <select> control in your ASP.NET cshtml view, bind that control to a Model class with data, and then what shows up in the browser is an empty control. It turns out that it’s…
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AutoHotKey script for editing with Camtasia 9
As a Pluralsight author, I spend a lot of time in Camtasia. For my most recent course, I recorded more than 28 hours of raw video before editing that down to just under 9 hours of produced video. In order to get a version of the videos that was clean enough to send to my…
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Team Foundation Server 2018 Installation Guide
Well, you may have heard that Team Foundation Server 2018 (TFS2018) was released about two weeks ago. If you’re interested in installing it, here’s my TFS2018 install guide. It’s ~90 pages of step-by-step instructions with screenshot on how to set up Windows Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, Team Foundation Server 2018, and a TFS2018 build…
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VSLive Orlando 2017: Unit Testing for Mere Mortals Slides & Code
I just wrapped up my talk at VSLive Orlando 2017 — “Unit Testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD) for Mere Mortals”. Thanks to all the attendees for the great questions. As promised, here are my slides and code samples. Unit Testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD) for Mere Mortals Unit Testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD) arguably mean…
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VSLive Orlando 2017: Top 10 Ways to Go from Good to Great Scrum Master
As promised, here are the slides from the Top 10 Ways to Go from Good to Great Scrum Master talk at VSLive Orlando 2017. Here’s the abstract: The Scrum Master role in an organization can be difficult. You live between a rock and a hard place. You’re influential but you probably don’t have any real power.…
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VSLive Anaheim 2017: Top 10 Ways to Go from Good to Great Scrum Master
As promised, here are the slides from the Top 10 Ways to Go from Good to Great Scrum Master talk at VSLive Anaheim 2017. Here’s the abstract: The Scrum Master role in an organization can be difficult. You live between a rock and a hard place. You’re influential but you probably don’t have any real power.…
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VSLive Anaheim 2017: ASP.NET & ASP.NET Core Security
I spoke at VSLive Anaheim 2017 this week. As promised, here are my slides and code from the ASP.NET & ASP.NET Core Security talk. Role-Based Security Stinks: How to Implement Better Authorization in ASP.NET & WebAPI In .NET, if your user permissions are simple, you’re in luck. Access the IPrincipal for the current user, call…
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New Pluralsight Course: DevOps Skills for Developers with Visual Studio and TFS 2017
My latest Pluralsight course just went live last night. It’s been a long time coming and a ton of work. I hope you all like it. DevOps Skills for Developers with Visual Studio & TFS 2017 There’s a huge divide between software that’s developed and software that’s delivered. DevOps helps you bridge that divide. It’s…
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