I found out that I should be speaking at the DevConnections show this fall.  The show is being held in Las Vegas again, November 5–8th.  I apologize to anybody that had hoped to see me present last month in Orlando at the spring show – I was unfortunately out of the country due to circumstances beyond my control (but which ...

As part of my automated build and test process, I wanted to be able to confirm that my third party components were the proper version and, more importantly, that they were fully licensed.  For some components, I can create a new instance of the control or component and test its IsLicensed property.  For others, the assembly itself is ...

Plasma is an ASP.NET in-memory web server emulator that can be used for ASP.NET unit testing or automation.  Its initial codebase was written by Microsoft and its current incarnation is a community project licensed under the Microsoft Permissive License.  I’ve been working on the project with several others and have just put the ...

I'd like to get continuous integration (CI) working for my TFS server here at the office as my next step.  A little googling led to Khushboo's post on doing just this with the RC bits that I'm using at the moment.  The instructions were pretty simple to follow and with minimal headache (aside from the need to install VS on the build box ...

I gave a presentation on Visual Studio Team System last night to about 30 students at Wayne State University in Detroit.  I don’t think it was one of my better presentations, for a number of reasons, which I’ll lament here and attempt to improve in the future. First off, this was an earlier presentation than most of the INETA ...

I've uploaded my presentations from last week's ASP.NET Connections conference in Las Vegas to the ASPAlliance Resource Directory's Presentations area.  Enjoy!

I'm leaving in the morning for Las Vegas for ASP.NET Connections, where I understand attendance is extremely high relative to expectations, no doubt related to the fact that Microsoft is launching many of their new dev products this week.  I'm going to be hosting three sessions this week and look forward to meeting folks in person whom I've ...