Test-first development is an approach to software development that focuses on results: Tell me the expected outcome, not the requirements.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 06/01/2011
Visual Studio 2010 brings testers and developers closer together and provides testers the tools they need to be able to do their job more effectively. We look at Test Plans in Microsoft Test Manager 2010 and discuss how they are used within the testing framework.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 05/31/2011
As Microsoft at Tech-Ed details ALM features of Visual Studio vNext, information about the core IDE remains hard to come by.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/19/2011
Jason Zander shows off new features that bring application stakeholders and IT operations into a tighter loop with developers.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/16/2011
Latest version of Gemini Agile project management platform for .NET development adds testing support.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/10/2011
Telerik this week updated a pair of products: The Telerik Test Studio automated test suite and Telerik TeamPulse team project management package.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/04/2011
Mickey Gousset walks through the improved Administration Console in Visual Studio TFS 2010.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 04/06/2011
Mickey Gousset introduces us to a new, free tool for visualizing work item information in Team Foundation Server 2010, providing state visualization, work item analysis and dependency analysis.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 03/11/2011
TeamPulse provides economical support for teams implementing the Agile methodology, but it doesn't integrate with Visual Studio.
How to associate unit tests with requirements in Visual Studio 2010.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 03/01/2011
In the second part of this two-part series, Mickey Gousset shows how TFS 2010 lets users create Excel reports, including pivot tables and charts, from a work item query. The report can then be published and shared with other users.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 02/23/2011
TFS 2010 uses SQL Server Reporting Services to provide reports, but because it uses data warehouse and analysis services to store reporting information, users can roll their own. We examine how to use Microsoft Excel to access the Team Foundation Server OLAP cube to create a report.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 02/22/2011
C# Corner columnist Patrick Steele says writing unit tests can be a time-consuming chore. He looks at some approaches that can make writing unit tests easier and more efficient for C# programmers.
- By Patrick Steele
- 02/18/2011
Mickey Gousset looks back at 2010 and some of the many developments around Team Foundation Server and application lifecycle management.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 02/16/2011
Depending on the size of your code base, running unit tests every time a code change is made can be a daunting process. Test Impact Analysis in Visual Studio 2010 (Premium and Ultimate Editions) can speed up that process.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 02/10/2011
A survey by ALM provider Serena Software indicates that dev organizations are shifting focus from cost cutting to improving application delivery.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/03/2011
The UML modeler is a powerful new tool, especially when it's backed with a code-generation system.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2011
Microsoft's cumulative Feature Pack update for MSDN subscribers adds useful new testing capabilities to Visual Studio 2010.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 01/18/2011
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a critical measure of a team's maturity and development effectiveness.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
An important part of a software testing -- or coding -- effort is the ability to measure progress. One way for doing this is a technique called Earned Value Management (EVM). Find out how easy it is to apply EVM to your own projects.
- By James McCaffrey
- 01/01/2011