Richard Fennell : Sharepoint

A video on Access 2010

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:04:02 GMT

I recently posted on my experiences of Access 2010 , well if you want to know more have a look at the video by Clint Covington and Ryan McMinn on Channel 9...(read more)

Access Services in SharePoint 2010 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Access 2010

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:52:44 GMT

So what I have I been doing of late? The blog has been a bit quiet. Well I have been having a good look at Access Services in SharePoint 2010. This has been an interesting experience, as I am not historically what you might call an avid Access developer...(read more)

This past week’s Nxtgen events

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:21:38 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended my two Nxtgen session on Sharepoint and Typemock in Birmingham and Manchester. You can find copies of the slide on the Black Marble site. There was a good deal of chat in how Typemock could be used for more general ASP...(read more)

Nxtgen UK tour reminder

But it works on my PC! — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:21:42 GMT

A reminder that next week I will be speaking on ‘Developer testing of SharePoint projects using Typemock’ at two Nxtgen user groups: Birmingham on the 18th Aug 2009 Manchester on the 19th Aug 2009 Hope to see you there....(read more)

My Glasgow presentation last night.

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:04:17 GMT

Thanks to everyone who turned up for my presentation on Typemock and Sharepoint in Glasgow last night. I have just upload my slides onto the Black Marble site . As the session was quite demo driven the slides don’t offer the best code samples. If you...(read more)

Speaking at Scottish Developers on Typemock

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:19:06 GMT

On Wednesday the 15th this week I will be speaking at Scottish Developers on developer testing of SharePoint . This is a free event so please come along if you are interested and in the area. If you are not able to make it to Glasgow but are interested...(read more)

Getting "failed to start" with a SharePoint workflow

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:00:48 GMT

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...(read more)

Another speaking engagement – Vbug Newcastle on SharePoint Testing

But it works on my PC! — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:13:43 GMT

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....(read more)

My NxtGen tour in August

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:06:04 GMT

I will be speaking on developer testing of SharePoint projects using Typemock at both the Birmingham and Manchester NXtGen user groups in August. For more details check the NxtGen site ....(read more)

Testing SharePoint Workflows using TypeMock Isolator (Part 3)

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:42:16 GMT

Now I can test a basic workflow it soon becomes obvious that you could end up with many tests for a single workflow, as a workflow can have any number of criteria that could cause branching to occur. Maybe a sensible way to write the tests is using Fit...(read more)

Testing SharePoint Workflows using TypeMock Isolator (Part 2)

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:48:26 GMT

After reading Gil’s blog on writing simpler tests I have done some tidying of the code from my previous post . In this version I have extracted the boiler plate code to run the workflow to a static helper method and modified my tests to incorporate Gil...(read more)

Testing SharePoint Workflows using TypeMock Isolator

But it works on my PC! — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:28:00 GMT

I have for a while been trying to test SharePoint workflows using TypeMock Isolator to mock out the SharePoint fixtures, I want to remove the dependency of having SharePoint on any test boxes where possible. I have at last got this working after getting...(read more)

Writing a webpart to work inside and outside Sharepoint when talking to WCF

But it works on my PC! — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:02:28 GMT

I have posted in the past on porting our ASP.NET bug tracking systems into Sharepoint and also linking it to TFS . The idea being that the initial customer support contact is tracked in the call tracking system e.g. is it switched on, is there paper in...(read more)

TFS TeamBuild and Sharepoint WSP deployment (and any post build events for that matter)

But it works on my PC! — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:45:47 GMT

We use the SharePoint Visual Studio Project Template on CodePlex to create WSP deployment packages for our SharePoint features. I tend to think of this WSP creation project in the same way as a MSI installer; so we don’t put SharePoint components into...(read more)

Developer testing of Sharepoint Webparts using Typemock Isolator and Ivonna

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:20:06 GMT

I have previously written a post on using Isolator with Sharepoint , also Andrew Woodward has written a good and more detailed tutorial on the subject , so I don’t intend to go over old ground here. Want I want to look in this post is the testing of webparts...(read more)

Interesting news on test SharePoint

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:48:29 GMT

Typemock announced today a new product Isolator for Sharepoint – which allows unit testing of Sharepoint code without needing Sharepoint installed. Now this is something I have been using the full version of Isolator for of late , and there are more blog...(read more)

TypeMock Isolator, SPTypeMock and SharePoint testing

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:01:43 GMT

I had to work unexpectedly from home yesterday, this has given me a chance to look at TypeMock Isolator and SPTypeMock to aid in the testing of SharePoint without the normal disturbances of being in the office. First thing I have to say is TypeMock is...(read more)

Going to conferences is worth it, well the chats in the corridor certainly are.

But it works on my PC! — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:54:18 GMT

I am down in Reading for the VBug conference where I am speaking on TFS tomorrow. Whilst in the bar chatting to Roy Osherove from Typemock, the keynote speaker for the conference, he asked if I had looked at the Sharepoint patterns and practices document...(read more)

Why doesn't my ActionsPane appear when I create a new document form a VSTO enabled template?

But it works on my PC! — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:47:25 GMT

When you are using a VSTO enabled Word Template inside a SharePoint custom content type you have to be careful which actual .DOTX file you use within the SharePoint custom content type. DO NOT - use the .DOTX from your VSTO Visual Studio project directory...(read more)

Moving the document store in TFS

But it works on my PC! — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:50:05 GMT

I have at last got round to moving the location of the WSS sites used by our TFS server from the WSS instance running on our TFS Application Tier (AT) to our main 64bit MOSS 2007 server farm. A job I have been putting off for ages. I decided that there...(read more)