There are two good workarounds when you want to start playing/ learning to develop Windows 8 Store Apps, but you aren’t able to due to a machine limitations or company policies. 1: Windows 8 Virtual Labs The first is accessible for everybody, but a bit limited. Microsoft provides se...
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I run workshops. Instead of boring lectures, I give the attendees the opportunity to get real hands-on experience and feel the scenario instead of listing only. Specially the Visual Studio 2012 ALM scenario’s are really nice, the attendees work together on a scenario like: code review, feedbac...
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The Hosted Team Foundation Service build doesn’t support building Windows Store Apps. A lot of other environment are supported but Azure doesn’t allow you to run a Windows 8 Client. So, no Windows Store Apps build agent on Azure. You could setup a local machine with Windows 8, configure a build ...
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A deck covering software quality related topics supported by Visual Studio 2012. Test Tooling in Visual Studio 2012 an overview from Clemens Reijnen and the PowerPoint web app viewer… Dit is een ingesloten Microsoft Office-presentatiebestand dat mogelijk is gemaakt door Office Web Ap...
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Download http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?fall12here my article in Methods & Tools Fall 2012 PDF Issue, covering 5 Method and Tool Tips for Testing in Scrum. ...
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It was great to be part of the Visual Studio 2012 launch. (picture below taken from my Edgewater hotel room, with on the left side a view on the event location) A lot happened the past weeks, video recordings, interviews, photo shoots and a trip to Seattle the launch event. Below some pictures an...
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See below the written case study bout our early adoption work for Visual Studio 2012, Improved Application Lifecycle Management Tools Help IT Firm Speed Development. This is an embedded Microsoft Office document, powered by Office Web Apps. The case study is also available on Micr...
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All validation (test) activities cost money. So, every activity to test a system should be executed as efficient as possible (see also the ‘testing in sprint’ series on this blog). Adding automation to the execution of these validation saves execution time, which saves money. But, specifying, creati...
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Are we done? When this is unclear the team will do too less or too much. Both are bad. The Definition of Done helps to define when you are done, the same as a master test plan helps to define the test levels. A good definition of done specific for your team and project will definitely help knowing w...
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It seems obvious that you need to have activities in the sprint for your testing activities. At least when you have something in your Definition Of Done what covers testing, like: Test Complete Integration tested done Functional testing done Regression testing done Performance t...
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