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January 2011 - Posts

Code Metrics PowerTool

  Would you like to be able to run code metrics for your application via the build process. As of two days ago you can. ON Jan 26th 2011 MS published the Visual Studio Code Metrics PowerTool 10.0 . With this power tool you can perform code metrics Read More...

Build Controller vs Build Agent

This is a great walkthrough that explains how to deploy a Database from a TFS 2010 Build WorkFlow. It uses a command line tool called VSDBCMD.EXE, that is explained here . I recently used this technique and it works great. I actually created a pretty Read More...

Build Agent Working Directory Tokens

Team Foundation Build variables: You can use the following variables in a build agent working directory: $(BuildAgentId) : An automatically generated integer that uniquely identifies a build agent within a team project collection. $(BuildAgentName) : Read More...

Baseless Merge with TFS

This Blog post contains material that is not suitable for the branching novice. Viewer discretion is advised. First I would like to say this should be avoided if at all possible. Having a relationship between branches makes it much easier to deal with Read More...

Shelve Sets

I think Shelve Sets are one of the nicest features of TFS source control. They are great for: Storing code safely on the server each night before you go home Storing code you are working on to fix a bug in another branch or older code base Sharing a code Read More...

Microsoft 24 hour code-a-thon

24-Hours of pure, unadulterated coding madness! The new Windows Phone 7 has recently launched in Canada and Microsoft is looking to YOU to develop apps! Join your friends and fellow student developers for a 24-hour Code-A-Thon hosted by Microsoft. There Read More...