Running your TeamCity builds from PowerShell for any Git branch(www.laurentkempe.com)

submitted by laurentkempe(312) 6 days, 15 hours ago

I love TeamCity and use it since a while to automate my build/release processes. As human we should never do the work a machine can do, we have certainly better and more interesting things to do. The habit I saw in the different projects I worked for is to create new TeamCity builds for the branches you work on. It take quite some work to do, even with templates… So I came with another way of doing it. It is leverage Git, PowerShell and the possibility to run TeamCity builds by “Accessing Server by HTTP” read more...

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NCrunch, The Incredible TDD Tool!(www.ellogical.com)

submitted by elroydsilva(95) 6 days, 16 hours ago

A review of the TDD tool 'NCrunch'. read more...

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Lucene.net - Ultra-fast search for MVC or Webforms(www.codeproject.com)

submitted by dpeterson(3474) 10 days, 17 hours ago

Mikhail T. has put together an article showing how you can integrate the Java-based Apache Lucene project with your .Net based MVC or WebForms sites, giving you ultra-fast and slick search capabilities. read more...

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Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality!(blog.whiletrue.com)

submitted by rudib(49) 25 days, 13 hours ago

Follow up to last year's comic story on Visual Studio having game-like achievements. read more...

3 comments |category: Visual Studio |Views: 304

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How To Build a Modern Website in 2011(blog.tommilway.com)

submitted by pwhe23(845) 1 month, 3 days ago

Over the past 12 months I've been on a self-imposed quest for knowledge. We're at a changing - almost revolutionary - point with the web as I (start) writing this on November 1st, 2011. Here's why read more...

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UX Guidelines for Metro-Style Apps(blendinsider.com)

submitted by dpeterson(3474) 1 month, 15 days ago

The Windows team has released official design guidelines for building Windows Metro style applications. These guidelines cover all the new UI elements, animations, and how they should work and fit together. read more...

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Cleaning Up Your Git Repository For NuGet 1.6(coderjournal.com)

submitted by zigamorph(3314) 1 month, 30 days ago

Provides an article detailing how to clean up the packages directory to get your project and repository ready for NuGet 1.6. read more...

1 comment |category: Open Source |Views: 33

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Web Testing with MbUnit and WatiN: Testing Asynchronous AJAX calls(www.developerfusion.com)

submitted by james.crowley(1212) 1 month, 30 days ago

Concluding his look at combining MbUnit and Watin to produce clean web integration tests, Yann Trevin looks at testing asynchronous calls read more...

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NetBash – An Alternative to Admin Pages in Asp.Net Web Apps(lukencode.com)

submitted by lukenlowrey(288) 2 months, 1 day ago

NetBash is a drop in (think mvc mini profiler) extendable command line for your web application. read more...

17 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 298

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SpecsFor.com Launched, SpecsFor 2.2 Released!(trycatchfail.com)

submitted by Matt_TCF(836) 2 months, 1 day ago

I’m pleased to announce that SpecsFor.com is now live. I’ve also shipped a new version of SpecsFor that simplifies the painful task of creating multiple mocks of the same type for injection into IEnumerable parameters. read more...

8 comments |category: Unit Testing |Views: 114

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Best of DNK - November 2011 - What's All the Hubbub, Bub?(blogs.dotnetkicks.com)

submitted by dpeterson(3474) 2 months, 4 days ago

We’re closing in on the new year; it’s hard to believe the next time we put together a best-of it will be 2012! It’s been a fantastic year thus far and November was no exception. We’ve had a lot of fresh blood join the ranks lately, as well as a few familiar faces who’ve come back for more, hot .Net action! Check out our picks after the jump! read more...

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The Fastest Webserver? - Web Performance(www.webperformance.com)

submitted by pwhe23(845) 2 months, 5 days ago

Looking for the snappiest, fastest web server software available on this here internet? So were we. Valid, independent, non-synthetic benchmarks can be difficult to find. Of course, we all know that benchmarks don’t tell us everything we need to know about real-world performance; but what’s the fun of having choices if we can’t pick the best? Exactly. I decided to do a little research project of my own. read more...

3 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 478

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The Sick, Sad State of Windows Apps(debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(783) 2 months, 10 days ago

People are afraid to install Windows apps. Windows app development is becoming irrelevant. Here's why, and how to fix it in Windows 8. read more...

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Building a Windows Azure App using Azure Queue, Azure Table (weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by mvcguy(235) 2 months, 11 days ago

Demonstrate a Windows Azure app using Azure Queue, Azure Table and a ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Role application. This post is explaining few initial steps for building a demo Azure app where asynchronous commands (write operations that changes the data) put into Azure Queue and an Azure Work Role will persist the data into Azure Table from Queue messages for the read operations. read more...

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Home Security with Kinect, Azure Service Bus, and SignalR(www.bradygaster.com)

submitted by bradygaster(4897) 2 months, 17 days ago

Suppose you had a some scary-looking hoodlum walking around your house when you were out? You’d want to know about it, wouldn’t you? Take one Kinect, mix in a little Windows Azure Service Bus, sprinkle in some SignalR, and mix it all together with some elbow grease, and you could watch in near-real-time as sinewy folks romp through your living room. Here’s how. read more...

1 comment |category: Other |Views: 59

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Silverlight’s Broken Promise(davybrion.com)

submitted by rcash(4144) 2 months, 19 days ago

This blogger talks about the future problems Silverlight developers might run into. Especially those who invested in the cross-platform functionality that Silverlight promised. Will Windows 8, Metro Style Apps, and IE 10 be the end of Silverlight? read more...

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