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TFS 2010 Iteration Backlog Workbook and Macro Execution Warnings
Now I’m not an Excel genius or anything so if I’m doing this wrong, let me know. Anyway, I went in TFS2010 to play around with the TFS2010 Agile Iteration Backlog workbook (Iteration Backlog.xlsm) and I ran in to some problems with Excel macro execution. The Iteration Backlog workbook helps you to plan out the…
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Creating a Project Backlog: Breaking down product ideas and requirements in to TFS2010 User Stories (PBIs)
It’s kind of amazing how much hidden detail and complexity there is in even the simplest software product and application ideas. I lead a .NET user group that meets in Cambridge, MA called Beantown .NET. Although I delegate some of the management of the group to other people, it essentially is my responsibility to schedule…
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Run Azure Development Storage from Visual Studio Unit Tests
I wrote an article a while back for SearchWinDevelopment.com showing you how to start Azure Development Storage from Visual Studio unit tests. It just recently got posted on their site. Use Azure development storage from unit tests by Benjamin Day If you’re writing an application that’s going to use Windows Azure, you have two options…
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Beantown .NET meeting on Thursday, 3/4/2010 – James Phillips, “POCO es mucho: WCF, EF, and Class Design”
Hi All — Beantown .NET is going to be meeting this Thursday, 3/4/2010. This month we have James Phillips presenting “POCO es mucho: WCF, EF, and Class Design”. As always, our meeting is open to everyone so bring your friends and co-workers – better yet, bring your boss. It is not required to RSVP for…
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Beantown .NET meeting on Thursday, 3/4/2010 – James Phillips, “POCO es mucho: WCF, EF, and Class Design”
Hi All — Beantown .NET is going to be meeting this Thursday, 3/4/2010. This month we have James Phillips presenting “POCO es mucho: WCF, EF, and Class Design”. As always, our meeting is open to everyone so bring your friends and co-workers – better yet, bring your boss. It is not required to RSVP for…
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Test-Driven Development (TDD) & Katas
I was in a discussion with some other Scrum & Test-Driven Development (TDD) practitioners over the last few days and was just introduced to the idea of a “kata”. According to Wikipedia, “Kata is a Japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs.” Bob Martin says, “A kata is…
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Database Project Types in Visual Studio 2010
I was at Microsoft in Redmond, WA this week for the 2010 MVP Summit. While I was there, some of us got a chance to do a side discussion with Barclay Hill of the VS Database Project team. Barclay pointed out something in Visual Studio 2010’s list of Database project that I hadn’t noticed yet. …
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Beantown .NET meeting on Thursday, 2/11/2010: Rjae Easton, "Parallelism Zen for .NET Developers"
Beantown .NET is going to be meeting next Thursday, 2/11/2010. This month we have Rjae Easton presenting “Parallelism Zen for .NET Developers”. As always, our meeting is open to everyone so bring your friends and co-workers – better yet, bring your boss. It is not required to RSVP for our meetings but if you know…
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Windows Azure Sample Code – A Real Application
We here at Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc have been working on creating a training course for Windows Azure. Rather than just showing the students how to do basic skills and coding with Windows Azure and Azure Storage, I wanted to be able to make some architectural recommendations and be able to describe the best practices…
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Windows Azure Sample Code – A Real Application
We here at Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc have been working on creating a training course for Windows Azure. Rather than just showing the students how to do basic skills and coding with Windows Azure and Azure Storage, I wanted to be able to make some architectural recommendations and be able to describe the best practices…