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How to fix extra Quickstart help menu items when installing Typemock Isolator
Mon, May 30 2011 15:58

I recently noticed that I had a few too many ‘Typemock Isolator Quickstart’ help menu items in Visual Studio 2010 After a quick check with Typemock it seems this was a known issue with previous versions of Isolator, you should not see it on a new installation (6.0.10). If you do have the problem do as I was advised, run the VS macro, created by Travis Illig,... Read More...

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Filed under: Technical Tips, Typemock

My upcoming speaking engagements for Spring/Summer 2011
Tue, May 3 2011 6:50

I have a couple of community speaking engagements coming up May 11 BCS Edinburgh on Agile Methods July 11 NxtGen Southampton on Test Driven development and mocking Both are free, so if you are in the either area, I would be surprised if you were at both given the locations, I hope you can come along Read More...

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Filed under: Testing, Events, Community, Agile, Typemock

Mocking out calls in unit tests to a TFS Server using Typemock
Thu, Mar 3 2011 18:06

If you are developing custom application using the TFS API then there is a good chance you will want to mock out the calls to your TFS server to enable better testing of the business logic in your application. The architecture of the TFS API does not lend itself to mocking using the standard means provided in most auto-mocking frameworks i.e there is not an interface... Read More...

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Filed under: VSTS, Testing, Typemock

Reminder about by web session on mocking Sharepoint with Typemock Isolator next week
Thu, Nov 25 2010 10:44

Did you miss the Typemock session on mocking legacy system this week? If you you can watch a recording at the Typemock site . If you are interested a more SharePoint specific session check out my session next week . Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, Events, Typemock

Where can you learn more on Typemock after last night session at NEBytes?
Thu, Nov 18 2010 8:16

Thanks to everyone who turned out from Rik’s and my session last night at NEBytes . I have not bothered uploading my slides as it was really a demo driven session, but there is a video of a similar session I did at NDC2010 However, if you want to learn more about using Typemock Isolator with legacy system why not attended Roy Osherove’s ‘Be a Legacy Code Unit... Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Community, Typemock

I am speaking at NEBytes in November on Mocking with Typemock Isolator
Tue, Oct 19 2010 15:51

On the 17th of November I will be speaking in Newcastle at the NEBytes user group on the subject ‘Using Typemock Isolator to enable testing of both well designed code and nasty legacy systems’. NEBytes meetings have an interesting format of a developer and an IT Pro talk at each meeting. The IT Pro session in November is to be given by another member of Black... Read More...

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Filed under: Testing, Events, Typemock, NE Bytes

Speaking at the Developer Group on Typemock Isolator on the 20th of October
Thu, Oct 7 2010 16:46

The detailed agenda for the Developer Group Meeting on the 20th of October in London has been published. I am speaking  in the afternoon on ‘Using Typemock Isolator to enable testing of both well designed code and nasty legacy systems’ Hope to see you there Read More...

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Filed under: Testing, Events, Typemock

Talking about mocking with Typemock a The of The Developers Group in October
Mon, Sep 13 2010 3:40

On the 20th October I will be speaking at an afternoon event hosted by The Developer Group at EMC offices in London. My subject will be using Typemock Isolator to address testing problems in both well designed code (nice IoC patterns etc) and in nasty legacy code where you have to use all the trick Isolator allows. Hope to see you there Read More...

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Problem faking multiple SPLists with Typemock Isolator in a single test
Fri, Sep 10 2010 10:20

I have found a problem with repeated calls to indexed SharePoint Lists with Typemock Isolator 6.0.3. This what I am trying to do… The Problem I am using Typemock Isolator to allow me to develop a SharePoint Webpart outside of the SharePoint environment  (there is a video about this on the Typemock site) . My SharePoint Webpart uses data drawn from a pair... Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, Technical Tips, Testing, Typemock

My Typemock video have been published
Thu, Sep 9 2010 7:36

I have a couple of new video’s on on the Typepmock Experts site , why not take a look, the titles are Using Typemock Isolator to enable rapid development Using Typemock Isolator and Ivonna for unit testing the UI Read More...

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How to edit a TFS 2010 build template when it contains custom activities.
Fri, Aug 13 2010 7:29

I posted a while ago on u sing my Typemock TMockRunner Custom Activity for Team Build 2010 . I left that post with the problem that if you wished to customise a template after you a had added the custom activity you had to use the somewhat complex branching model edit the XAML. If you just followed the process in my post to put the build template in a new team... Read More...

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Filed under: VSTS, Testing, Typemock, Build

Using my Typemock TMockRunner Custom Activity for Team Build 2010
Thu, Jul 1 2010 5:25

A couple of months ago I wrote and published a custom activity for Team Build 2010 to allow Typemock tests to be run within the build process . Whilst setting up a new build need to use this activity so I though I would see if there was an easier way to use it in a build without all the branch and fuss required for development . This is what I had to do Get the... Read More...

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IDD Building a breakfast comment to a become process – now there is a leap
Sun, Jun 20 2010 2:48

Gil at Typemock has been posting about some ideas we discussed over breakfast at the Typemock Partner conference a while ago, I have been a bit slow at commenting, so I though I better add to the conversation. Though Typemock is an excellent mocking framework, for me basic mocking is not its biggest win. All the ‘classic auto mocking’ of interfaces to speed TDD... Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, Opinion, Testing, Typemock

All set for Olso – Off to NDC 2010
Tue, Jun 15 2010 8:43

I have sorted all the bits for my presentations so am ready for my trip to NDC 2010 in Olso tomorrow. Really looking forward to it, the agenda looks great. Read More...

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Filed under: VSTS, Events, Typemock

How little do you have to do to run a VS/TFS2008 build on a TFS2010 server?
Thu, Jun 10 2010 12:10

As do many people I have a good number of TFS2008 style builds for legacy applications. I will, in the end, move these over to VS2010 and hence upgrade their build formats to the new 2010 workflow based one, but for now it would be nice to be able to run them with the minimum of effort. To this end I have done some work to see the minimum I can get away with... Read More...

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Filed under: VSTS, Technical Tips, Typemock, Build

Can you mock out .NET extension methods with Typemock? – the answer is yes
Sat, Jun 5 2010 14:54

In Kevin Jones’ session at today’s DDD South West on ‘Testing ASP.NET MVC Applications ’ the question was asked it it was possible to mock out .NET extension methods using any mocking frameworks. Kevin said did not think it could be done with Rhino Mocks, but thought it might be possible with Typemock. Given my experience with Typemock I could see no reason why... Read More...

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Filed under: DDD, Typemock

My article on Typemock Insider Blog
Tue, May 11 2010 4:32

I have an article posted on the Typemock Insider blog about the Typemock Academy I attended. Read More...

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Filed under: Opinion, Typemock

Busy week, off to see Typemock in Oslo
Sun, Apr 25 2010 14:47

I am off to Oslo, for the first time, for the Typemock Academy this week. The event has managed to survive the disruption of the Icelandic volcano. A great chance to meet a pile of people I have only spoken toon the phone or via email in the past. Looking forward to it. Read More...

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Filed under: Events, Typemock

Mocking Sharepoint for Testing
Thu, Apr 22 2010 5:47

In my previous post I talked about using Isolator to mock Sharepoint to aid the speed of the development process. I find this a productive way of working, but it does not really help in the realm of automated testing. You need a way to programmatically explore a webpart, preferably outside of SharePoint to check its correctness. You could use the methods in my... Read More...

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Filed under: Sharepoint, Testing, Typemock

Post SharePoint Evolution thoughts
Wed, Apr 21 2010 11:01

I am on the way home from my whistle stop visit to the SharePoint Evolution conference . I must say congratulations to the organisers for putting on such a successful event given all the problems they have had related to speakers and air travel, well done. My slides, on Testing Webparts with Typemock, will appear on the conference site soon, but I thought it... Read More...

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