Richard Fennell

Addressing binding issues with with Ivonna 2.0.0 using <dependentAssembly> in web.config

I have been having some binding problems when trying to use Ivonna 2.0.0 against a version of Typemock Isolator other than the 5.3.0 build it was built to run against. This is a know issue, if your version of Ivonna and Typemock don’t match then you have...

Published Fri, May 29 2009 10:28 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Testing, Typemock

The setup story for TFS 2010

I have been looking at the various install and upgrade stories for the TFS 2010 Beta. I have to say they are very nice compared to the older TFS versions. You now have a SharePoint like model where you install the product then use a separate configuration...

Published Wed, May 27 2009 15:09 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: VSTS, Opinion

Everytime I have to use Typemock I need to ask does my code stinks?

Ok a bit sweeping but I think there is truth in this, if you have to resort to a mocking framework (such as Typemock the one I use) I think it is vital to ask ‘why am I using this tool?’ I think there are three possible answers: I have to mock some back...

Published Sun, May 24 2009 4:06 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Opinion, Typemock

Post Developer Day South West thoughts

DD-SW in Taunton seems to go well, a big thank you to Guy and the rest of the Bristol .NET user group for all their work getting this event up and running. Also it was nice to see new faces, it is certainly a good idea to get the DDD family events out...

Published Sun, May 24 2009 3:47 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Scrum, Community, DDD, Agile

Developer Day South West is this weekend

It is Developer Day South West this weekend where I will be speaking on Scrum . I may also do a lunch time grok talk on SharePoint and Typemock Isolator as I did at Developer Day Scotland . I think there are still spaces at this event, so if you can make...

Published Thu, May 21 2009 4:58 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Scrum, Events, Community, DDD, Agile

Timeouts on Bitlocker to go

Since moving to Windows 7 I have encrypted all my USB pen drives and external USB disk drives with Bitlocker to go . This has been working great for me, I have noticed no performance problems and it give nice piece of mind. The only irritation is when...

Published Thu, May 21 2009 4:51 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Technical Tips, Windows 7

TF255048 Error when installing TFS 2010 beta 1

When you setup a dual or multi server TFS installation you need to specify the location of the OLAP Analysis service instance that will be used for the reporting warehouse. As with much of the TFS installation and configuration process there is a test...

Published Thu, May 21 2009 3:38 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: VSTS, Technical Tips

Microsoft.AnalysisServices Assemblies missing when configuring Reporting Services on dual tier TFS 2010 Beta1

TFS 2010 provides far more options for the configuration of your server than the previous versions. You now can easily make use of any existing server resources you have such as SharePoint farms or Enterprise SQL installations. Today I was looking at...

Published Wed, May 20 2009 10:23 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: VSTS, Technical Tips

Getting "failed to start" with a SharePoint workflow

I have been playing around with some workflow code for a demo I am doing. This has meant creating and deleting a workflow project as I refine the demo. Whilst going through the process of a delete and recreate of the workflow (using the same name for...

Published Wed, May 20 2009 5:00 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Sharepoint, Technical Tips

Visual Studio Team System 2010 Beta 1 has shipped

Today the Visual Studio 2010 Team Suite Beta 1 and Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 1 became available to download for MSDN subscribers and will be available to the general public on Wednesday.

Published Mon, May 18 2009 15:52 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: VSTS

London Alt.Net Conference is now full

Wow, the Alt.Net conference in London in August certainly filled up fast. On Friday I went into a meeting before registration opened, and by the time I came out the first wave was full. I now see that the second wave of registration is also full. Unfortunately...

Published Mon, May 18 2009 12:12 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Events, altnetuk, Alt.net

New bundle from Typemock

I have been blogging for a while now on using Tyepmock & Ivonna for various forms of testing, well you can bow buy both packages as a bundle and here is the blog/press viral marketing release….. Unit Testing ASP.NET? ASP.NET unit testing has never...

Published Mon, May 18 2009 5:22 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Testing

Last nights Agile Yorkshire meeting on Exploratory Testing

I was unable to attend the last Agile Yorkshire meeting, shame it sounds like it was a good one. The slides are up and give a really nice overview of the theory behind exploratory testing, worth a look at http://www.agileyorkshire.org/2009-event-announcements...

Published Thu, May 14 2009 17:18 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Testing, Community, Agile Yorkshire

Misleading error message adding a user on Windows 2008

Today I was setting up a new development VPC for SharePoint. When I tried to add a new user via the AD tools wizard I got the error "Windows cannot set the password for [new user], network path was not found" Forums suggest the issue is DNS...

Published Wed, May 13 2009 6:11 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Technical Tips

Alt.Net UK Conference 2009

Good news, there will be an Alt.Net UK Conference in London over the first weekend of August. Bit of a different format this time: Alt.Net Beers A social opportunity to discuss Alt.Net over a few beers. Friday, July 31, 2009 from 6:00 PM until...

Published Tue, May 12 2009 16:15 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Events, altnetuk, Alt.net, Agile

A day at the Architect Insight Conference

I was at the Architect Insight Conference yesterday, so the big question is do I better know the role of the architect in the development process – I have to say no. Don’t get me wrong the event was interesting, I especially enjoyed the interactive group...

Published Sat, May 9 2009 11:00 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Opinion, AIC

Another speaking engagement – Vbug Newcastle on SharePoint Testing

I will be doing a session on Testing SharePoint using Typemock Isolator on the 3rd June in Newcastle. Check the Vbug site for more details.

Published Sat, May 9 2009 10:13 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Sharepoint, Testing, Events, Community, VBug

Virtual PC on Windows 7

You can run Virtual PC 2007 on Windows 7 , but Windows 7 does include a new version of Virtual PC as part of the operating system , which is good. The problem I have, and as will many others, is though my 64Bit Acer 8210’s Intel process has hardware virtualization...

Published Sat, May 9 2009 9:58 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Opinion, Virtual PC

Next weeks Agile Yorkshire meeting

Don’t forget the next Agile Yorkshire meeting on the 13th of May about Exploratory testing . Usual time, usual place, usual free pint for everyone thanks to our sponsors.

Published Wed, May 6 2009 16:23 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Events, Agile Yorkshire

Updating Windows 7 Beta to RC

The upgrade took about 2 hours following the ‘ enable in-place upgrade ’ notes. There was a lot of no progress bar movement & percentages not changing whilst the disk light flashed, but we got there in the end. Thus far all seems OK. so the summary...

Published Wed, May 6 2009 10:24 by But it works on my PC!

Filed under: Windows 7

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