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2010 16

  1. Getting Test Settings from Microsoft Test Manager into your tests
  2. Launching test runs from TCM.Exe
  3. Team Build 2010 generic post processing scripting
  4. TF215097: Cannot create unknown type when using pure XAML actions.
  5. Error Could not find type Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities in assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow'
  6. Running Tests cross domain with TFS and Visual Studio 2010
  7. Using Visual Studio 2010 to remotely debug ASP.Net crashes.
  8. Thinking better: Selection Bias
  9. UI testing with VS2010 and Microsoft Test Manager 2010 screencast.
  10. Good and bad aspects of test sign off
  11. It is wiser to find out than suppose. - Mark Twain
  12. Top 3 must haves for writing good bugs (er, bug reports)
  13. Bing Maps SDK release - Fixing "Bad Plugin Definition" error.
  14. You’ll get it wrong - Simple Things can be deceptively hard.
  15. Behaviors in Silverlight and Expressions Blend 3
  16. Silverlight controls for Bing Maps

2009 2

  1. Programming in 2009 isn't much different than R&D in 1898 it seems
  2. Creating URL configurable Visual Studio Web Tests

2008 27

  1. Consider replacing strings with Enums in resource references.
  2. The right and wrong way to create unique data for tests.
  3. Working with Permuations and Combinations
  4. What constitutes a unit test?
  5. Please stop re-inventing the wheel.
  6. Writing code for today and tommorow
  7. Planning Software projects Part 1
  8. Planning software projects Part 2
  9. Hyper-v export to off machine share trick.
  10. Book Review: The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology by Kim Vicente
  11. Working Smart in Test - a simple approach to personal workflow
  12. Wordle
  13. Practical debugging; Apply some science to the problem
  14. Give the monkey a banana; Why real change is hard for business groups.
  15. Software engineering lap times
  16. This is test driven development
  17. How to get a free lunch in testing
  18. Why don't we actually focus on the customers for use cases and scenarios for a change?
  19. I.M. Testy talks about UI automation and ROI
  20. When should (automated) testing be random?
  21. Go slow now to go fast later.
  22. 8 minutes on holistic test approach: A proven way to get great results from test automation
  23. I'm not the only one thinking unit tests.
  24. Screencast: 8 minutes with Visual Studio 2008. Easy unit tests and code coverage.
  25. Never automate anything bigger than your head: The cheaters way to get to 100% code coverage.
  26. Putting code examples where my mouth is
  27. Why doesn’t anybody ask me to code a unit test in an interview?

2007 6

  1. Carreer counseling for testers
  2. Stop going 40 mph in first gear.
  3. Escape the BVT automation trap.
  4. Be a testability champion!
  5. Get good returns on your test automation dollar.
  6. How to easily use the observer pattern to loosely couple tests to the logging engine