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Fix: Cannot copy file 'X' to file 'Y'. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. in Visual Studio 2008
This just saved me loads of time(especially because it only happened every once in a while): if you encounter the amazingly annoying "Cannot copy file because it is being used by another process" when you want to…
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Interactive MAD Fold-ins - coolness
This is awesome, and has nothing to do with tech(found via twitter): Interactive MAD magazine fold-ins from the sixties to today .
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Twittered
OK. I'm on twitter . see what happens. (BTW, I am unable to post this using live writer, the server returns a bad response. anyone know what's up with weblogs.asp.net?
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Dark Colored Visual Studio Color Scheme
Someone asked me by email if I can share my VS.NET Color scheme as shown in this video . Well, Here it is .
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Looking into VIM and ViEmu.
I'm a keyboard junkie. After having seen this little screencast about Vim , I recently installed ViEmu for Visual Studio, Word and Outlook. My final thoughts after a month or so with it: In Visual Studio I felt more…
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Every Build THEY Break
Seriously ? Someone liked my " Every build you break " song so much that they took a whole bunch of programmers to a real recording studio, made a video, and created their own version of the song? with almost totally…
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Belgium TechDays Slides and demos, and my travel schedule
I came back from TechDays in Ghent, Belgium yesterdays, where it's been a quick 3 days for me. I didn't have a lot of time to do any fun stuff, since I was going over all my demos and such (couple of new presentations).…
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Turn Anonymous Types into IDictionary of values
Hers is one cool use I found for Anonymous Types (stolen from the ASP.NET MVC Framework): Use anonymous types to create and initialize a list of dictionary values which you can pass around: void…
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Want a Wii? (And learn about Typemock Isolator?)
You can watch our webcast and participate in the raffle between attendees , and get a Wii just for listening (We don't even have one in our own office, so you better really want one if you get it..)
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Testing loops?
Tommy writes in on my book forum : " Hi, This is an real world example method where I'm confused how to unit test. ------------------8<------------------- public List<RuleDescription> PrepareCandidates(RuleDescription…
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Testing ASP.NET MVC Controllers with Typemock Isolator
Scott Hanselman posted his notes and slides (and movies!) from his talk on the ASP.NET MVC framework, where he also mentioned and shows how he's write unit tests for the MVC framework in ASP.NET. Scott has examples both…
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Generate an object model from an XML string
Tommy sent me an email: "I've written a little web application that could come in handy for your many projects. It generates the C# code needed to read and write the given xml (Just past some xml in the textbox). You…
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Looking for a PHP programmer
We need a PHP programmer (remote work is possible) as soon as possible. Close by (Israel) is better, but not a must. If you are one, or know one that needs part time work - send me an email to [email removed]
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What is a good example of unit test over specification?
I'm working on chapter 8 of my upcoming book and I need to come up with a good example of over specification in unit tests, that leads to an unmaintainable test in the long run (fragile test). I have my ideas on how to…
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Typemock Isolator 4.2 released
Just a short announcement to tell you that Typemock 4.2 was just released out of beta. Download it here . To make this short, you can find what's new and release notes here:…
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Private builds (Gated Checkins) with Team Foundation Server
This is cool and I didn't know it existed: "OpenGauntlet is a free side-app for Microsoft's Team Foundation Server which mimics a fundamental feature of Microsoft's internal development system (codenamed Gauntlet), also…
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My top 21 Most Viewed Blog posts
Here are the top 21 viewed pages on my blog in the past year and a half: Essential Software to install on a new computer Dataset Hell: "Failed to enable constraints. One or more rows contains values..." Strip HTML Tags…
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How not to compare "body of knowledge"
If you are faced with two technologies, ideas, or frameworks - how do you compare which has a wider body of knowledge? Specifically - can you tell if X does NOT have a wide body of knowledge? Here's something I think…
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Fluent XML Library - Ultra cool, short and weet
Oh, next time I'm going to generate XML, remind me to use Mark Resmussen's ultra cool XML Fluent Interface library . her'es a killer snippet: XmlOutput xo = new XmlOutput() .XmlDeclaration() .Node("root").Within()…
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An Agile phone Number
We are now using Secret Server at work , and liking it very much (apart from small usability problems it's cool). I just found out something that put a smile on my face - Thycotic - the company who makes this product…
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Project White and a cool debugging tip
Some cool stuff happening in the testing world: * Project white seems like a nice takeoff on winforms testing (a la NUnitForms), from the thoughtworks Guys. Bil Simser talks about it some more . * Gregg Miskelly came up…
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Dear Diary, Pair Programming is FUN!
Dear Diary It's been over a year since my last real pair programming exercise, in a real company as part of a real coding job. Today I finally got to do it again, and it felt great. There is nothing like the open…
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Ad hoc Unit Tests with Snippet Compiler
If you're a fan of snippet compiler (if you're not you should seriously check it out)Travis Illig published a little template for writing Typemock Isolator test inside this handy little tool. the reasons you'd need a…
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SharedView might be the remote-collaboration tool I was looking for
Thanks to Scott I've found out about MS SharedView - which allows you to share your screen with up to 15 users. Currently in beta 2 and free, you can download it here . "Connect with up to 15 people in different…
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Future of Mock Frameworks: AEIS - Abstract Expectations & Isolation Syntax
As I was looking back and forward on the changing syntax of testing and mock frameworks, it occurs to me that there are still things that need to be solved in the mocking space. many things. It's hard to choose a…
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June in Norway - The Norwegian Developers Conference
Ah, Norway. It's been a long time since I've been there and it's time to go back . I'll be speaking at the Norwegian Developers Conference June 17-18 (which I hear is an amazing time to be in Norway BTW, and I'll be…
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ALT.NET Seattle is filling up...
better hurry up - an hour into the site's opening, half the seats are gone . Hurry up and register (you'll need an Open ID account. I personally use Myopenid.com) Yes. I'm planning to be there, one way or another.…
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Nice little gmail trick
I just realized a cool trick in Gmail (and google for domains mail): you can check one message, then go further down or up in the list several messages and shift-click on its check box, and it will work like a regular…
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Mock vs. MockObject + Typemock Blog: Tips, Tricks and important things to know
There is now an official Typemock blog over at http://typemock.blogspot.com (and the direct RSS feed ) that will host posts from the developers of Typemock(myself included) about any of these topics: Be a direct open…
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Typemock Isolator 4.2 Beta released with cool new features (Previously Typemock.NET)
We just released the beta of Typemock Isolator 4.2 beta (Previously just named Typemock.NET). You can get it here . Some of the cool new things: Mocked methods will be highlighted in the debugger if you step into them.…