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ALM Rangers Build Customization Guide v2 has shipped
The final release has been posted to CodePlex If you have read v1 and are eager to only see the new bits, below is a snippet from the guide outlining the new parts. What’s New in the 2nd Edition This...
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A healthy and fun ALM Ranger Sabbatical
It’s been a few days since returning from my ALM Rangers sabbatical in Seattle and the nausea of jetlag has finally waned. All in all it was a successful and healthy week. The trip over the Atlantic,...
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Community TFS Build Extensions – Aug 2012
We just pushed out the August 2012 release of the TFS Build extensions. This wraps up over 90 change sets which address new features and bug fixes. The August 2012 release contains VS2010...
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Misc. Team Foundation Build News
New Activities Released — Community TFS Build Extensions – Aug 2012 Upgrading? If you haven’t run into this problem in TFS Build 2012 yet, you probably will — TFS 2012 – Cleaning up Workflow XAML files...
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MSBuild Extension Pack – 100 000+ Downloads
On the 18th October 2012 we passed 100 000 downloads of the MSBuild Extension Pack. On the 18th October 2010 I blogged about us passing 50 000. Strange! In the next few day’s 3.5.12.0 and 4.0.6.0 will...
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MSBuild Extension Pack – October 2012
I’m pleased to announce the availability of the MSBuild Extension Pack October 2012 release. The October 2012 release contains version 3.5.12.0 for those using .Net 3.5 version 4.0.6.0 for those using...
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Community TFS Build Extensions – Jan 2013 Release Available
The contributors to this project have continued to pour their spare time into fixing bugs and adding new functionality. Today we are wrapping up all the recent changes and making the January 2013...
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Creating the Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes eBook.
In August last year we kicked off an initiative to create some value-add guidance on Microsoft Fakes for the ALM community. Last week, we shipped our eBook – Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes....
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MSBuild Extension Pack – April 2013
I’m pleased to announce the availability of the MSBuild Extension Pack April 2013 release. The April 2013 release contains version 3.5.13.0 for those using .Net 3.5 version 4.0.7.0 for those using...
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Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012 + MyHistory Extension
In the June 2013 edition of MSDN Magazine I cover some of the internals of Team Explorer 2012 and how you can extend it. The article can be found here – Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012....
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Community TFS Build Extensions – Sep 2013
The latest roundup of contributions to the community effort is now available – September 2013 release. For those who manage lots of builds we’ve added some great new features and fixes to the Build...
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How to get rid of Exclude From StyleCop menu
If you install Stylecop 4.7.46.0 you’ll notice an irritating new context menu on files which allows you to exclude them from StyleCop. There is no option to remove it, however you can use Visual Studio...
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MyHistory – Peace to the Dark Side
In June 2013 I blogged about Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012 + MyHistory Extension. Since then I’ve had some great feedback and the extension has been updated 6 times to address this...
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MSBuild Extension Pack – October 2013
The MSBuild Extension Pack October 2013 release is now available. The October 2013 release contains version 3.5.14.0 for those using .Net 3.5 version 4.0.8.0 for those using .Net 4.0 or 4.5 Updated...
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Community TFS Build Extensions – Oct 2013
The latest roundup of contributions to the community effort is now available – October 2013 release. As well as the handful of changes listed below, we are happy to announce a new addition to our...
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MyHistory 2 — hello Colleagues, what have you been up to?
In my MSDN Magazine article Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012 + MyHistory Extension last year, I introduced a sample application called MyHistory which was targeted at the current user,...
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2014 Microsoft MVP!
I received great news from Microsoft saying that I have been re-awarded the ALM MVP award for 2014. I’d like to thank all those involved in my nomination and look forward to another successful year...
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MSBuild Explorer 3
Way back in 2009 I released MSBuild Explorer 1 to help visualise MSBuild files and, perhaps more useful, to save and execute favourite sequences of targets. It took a long time but eventually I got...
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Line Counter 4
[ Install ] I’m often asked how many lines of code there are in various systems. The problem is that there are many ways to answer that question. Some people care about real code, some only about...
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Regular Expression Scratchpad
[ Download ] No new version of this, but in keeping with the trend, this is now open source too. I’ll try get an update out soon to simplify it and provide a ClickOnce installer. Feel free to...
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