January 2006 - Posts
Thanks to Huizhong Long for pointing this out, VS 2005 Automation samples are now on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/code/automation/default.aspx
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From an internal email thread that looked interesting today: Q: What type of support does Team System provide for C++ in terms of Unit testing, Code coverage, Static Analysis, and Code Profiling? A: Here's a quick table, then some more detailed followup:
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I haven't tried this myself (so I guess YMMV), but here's a tool from ComponentSoftware that promises complete conversion to TFS and full compatibility for the leading revision control systems: http://www.componentsoftware.com/Products/converter/highlights.ht
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Team System MSDN Public Chat Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developer & Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers When: Every 3rd Wednesday of the Month @ 10am PST What: Join us to discuss the Profiler, Test Tools (Unit, Generic, Manual),
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As part of an effort to get everyone cross-trained, I'm now testing some new feature areas: Instrumentation-based profiling of native and mixed mode Microsoft.VisualStudio.Profiler.DataCollection Profiler integration with ETW (Event Tracing for Windows)
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Here's one that the recruiters probably haven't included in their promotional literature, but if you are thinking about working at Microsoft, maybe this will help sweeten the deal for you, I just found out we have a site license for Stretch Break Pro!
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More details here: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2005/12/29/507993.aspx
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Brian Harry posts more details on 8-way load testing of TFS here: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2006/01/11/511546.aspx
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http://www.planetamd64.com/
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cool test tool ... "ColorDoctor is a tool that checks accessibility from the aspect of color. It converts any images displayed on screen such as browsers or Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into gray scale or colors that persons with color vision deficiency
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Learned a trick for embedding manifests today (1=exe, 2=dll): mt.exe -outputresource:output.exe;1 -manifest output.exe.manifest mt.exe -outputresource:output.dll;2 -manifest output.dll.manifest
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Just heard that the latest beta release of Teamlook is out... http://personifydesign.com/default.aspx?tabid=63 "Teamlook is a convenient software project dashboard that enables all stakeholders in a software development project to communicate and collaborate
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Q: I have Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Architects installed, but don't have any Performance tools menu on my tools menu - and therefore no access to the profiler. Any idea why not? A: "The Performance Tools are part of the Visual Studio Team
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