I was working on a small application today and it included a very thin wrapper around .NET Framework classes to make my code easier to test (i.e. providing interfaces and adapters for .NET Framework classes so I can mock them out). Because these wrappers...

After watching a Tech.Ed session by Juval Lowy and working with a variety of workflow-based applications (MSBuild build processes, Workflow Foundation build processes, etc.) I’ve come to realize that there is significant value to be gained by thinking...

I write a lot of console applications for everything from testing a snippet of .NET code to simple utilities to automate a process or solve a problem. Here are a couple of tips for writing console applications. Use Exit Codes Traditionally console applications...

I’m regularly asked what’s the best way to upgrade an MSBuild-based build process to a Workflow Foundation-based build process and one of the most important parts of this is how to leverage the investment and dependence you have on any custom MBBuild...

Our division’s primary Team Foundation Server is running TFS 2008 and as such we’re using Team Build 2008. This week I wanted to set up a Team Build 2008 definition to build a .NET 4.0 Silverlight application and this post explains how to do that. ...