Team System Rangers deliver out of band solutions for missing features and guidance in the Team System suite of products.
More information about VSTS Rangers projects and efforts can be found here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358787.aspx
and http://blogs.msdn.com/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2009/03/18/vsts-rangers-projects-project-announcement-vsts-2010-101-guidance-sheets.aspx
vrijdag 16 oktober 2009
Announcing Microsoft Ajax Library (Preview 6) and the Microsoft Ajax Minifier
The ASP.NET team have released a significant new update of the Microsoft Ajax Library (Preview 6). This update includes a bunch of new capabilities and improvements to our client-side AJAX library, and can be used with any version of ASP.NET (including ASP.NET 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0), and can be used in both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC projects. 15-10-2009’s release includes the following feature improvements:
Better Imperative Syntax: A new, simplified, code syntax for creating client controls.
Client Script Loader: A new client-side script loader that can dynamically load all of the JavaScript files required by a client control or library automatically, and executes the scripts in the right order.
Better jQuery Integration: All Microsoft Ajax controls are now automatically exposed as jQuery plug-ins.
In addition to the client library improvements, we also today released a new (free) Microsoft AJAX Minifier tool. This tool allows you to substantially improve the performance of your websites by reducing the size of your JavaScript files. It can be run both as a command-line tool, and also ships as a Visual Studio MSBuild task that you can integrate into your VS projects to automatically minify your JavaScript files whenever you do a build.
For more information about this release, see:
http://aspnet.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=34488
Better Imperative Syntax: A new, simplified, code syntax for creating client controls.
Client Script Loader: A new client-side script loader that can dynamically load all of the JavaScript files required by a client control or library automatically, and executes the scripts in the right order.
Better jQuery Integration: All Microsoft Ajax controls are now automatically exposed as jQuery plug-ins.
In addition to the client library improvements, we also today released a new (free) Microsoft AJAX Minifier tool. This tool allows you to substantially improve the performance of your websites by reducing the size of your JavaScript files. It can be run both as a command-line tool, and also ships as a Visual Studio MSBuild task that you can integrate into your VS projects to automatically minify your JavaScript files whenever you do a build.
For more information about this release, see:
http://aspnet.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=34488
maandag 6 juli 2009
Code Analysis Tool .NET (CAT.NET) v1 CTP available for download!
Just experiment with this tool, it works very well. This is availablae for download in two variants (32 and 64 bits)
CAT.NET is a snap-in to the Visual Studio IDE that helps you identify security flaws within a managed code (C#, Visual Basic .NET, J#) application you are developing. It does so by scanning the binary and/or assembly of the application, and tracing the data flow among its statements, methods, and assemblies. This includes indirect data types such as property assignments and instance tainting operations. The engine works by reading the target assembly and all reference assemblies used in the application -- module-by-module -- and then analyzing all of the methods contained within each. It finally displays the issues its finds in a list that you can use to jump directly to the places in your application's source code where those issues were found. The following rules are currently support by this version of the tool. - Cross Site Scripting - SQL Injection - Process Command Injection - File Canonicalization - Exception Information - LDAP Injection - XPATH Injection - Redirection to User Controlled Site.
For downloads see:
- CAT.NET v1 CTP-32 Bits download
- CAT.NET v1 CTP-64 Bits download
CAT.NET is a snap-in to the Visual Studio IDE that helps you identify security flaws within a managed code (C#, Visual Basic .NET, J#) application you are developing. It does so by scanning the binary and/or assembly of the application, and tracing the data flow among its statements, methods, and assemblies. This includes indirect data types such as property assignments and instance tainting operations. The engine works by reading the target assembly and all reference assemblies used in the application -- module-by-module -- and then analyzing all of the methods contained within each. It finally displays the issues its finds in a list that you can use to jump directly to the places in your application's source code where those issues were found. The following rules are currently support by this version of the tool. - Cross Site Scripting - SQL Injection - Process Command Injection - File Canonicalization - Exception Information - LDAP Injection - XPATH Injection - Redirection to User Controlled Site.
For downloads see:
- CAT.NET v1 CTP-32 Bits download
- CAT.NET v1 CTP-64 Bits download
woensdag 17 juni 2009
VSTS Rangers Projects - WCF Load Test Tool 3.0 Ships!
Again, a new milestone have been reach by VSTS Rangers by shipping "WCF Load Test Tool 3.0".
What does this tool does? This tool takes a WCF or Fiddler2 trace file and a WCF client proxy, or a WCF interface contract, and generates a unit test that replays the same sequence of calls found in the trace file for WCF and ASMX services. The code generated is easily modifiable so that data variation can be introduced for the purpose of doing performance testing.
The tool will also integrate with Visual Studio 2005/2008 Team Edition for Software Testers and installs a wizard for creating the trace and processing it from inside Visual Studio.
What’s New in 3.0? The main new feature is support for ASMX web services. The tool uses WCF’s ability to interoperate with ASMX web services to test these services. A WCF proxy must be generated from the web service’s WSDL for the tool to be able to work, but the trace does not need to come from a WCF client, the tool now also supports reading pre-captured traces collected using Fiddler2.
There have been numerous other changes and fixes, the more significant ones are:
Source code is now a Visual Studio 2008 project
Support for custom trace file parsers.
Now handles classes derived from a generic collection.
Streams are now supported on data contracts and message contracts.
Tool now continues to run even if it fails to find a method in the referenced assemblies.
Support for out and ref parameters has been added.
Timed comments (command line only)
Derived types using KnownType/XmlInclude attribute are now supported.
Fixed bug where array elements were assigned sub classes of the element type.
Fixed bug with certain types (e.g. DateTime) used as type parameters in generic collections and dictionaries.
Get the latest bits and pieces at Codeplex in the following home: http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com
Please provide your feedback to the team in order to make things better...
What does this tool does? This tool takes a WCF or Fiddler2 trace file and a WCF client proxy, or a WCF interface contract, and generates a unit test that replays the same sequence of calls found in the trace file for WCF and ASMX services. The code generated is easily modifiable so that data variation can be introduced for the purpose of doing performance testing.
The tool will also integrate with Visual Studio 2005/2008 Team Edition for Software Testers and installs a wizard for creating the trace and processing it from inside Visual Studio.
What’s New in 3.0? The main new feature is support for ASMX web services. The tool uses WCF’s ability to interoperate with ASMX web services to test these services. A WCF proxy must be generated from the web service’s WSDL for the tool to be able to work, but the trace does not need to come from a WCF client, the tool now also supports reading pre-captured traces collected using Fiddler2.
There have been numerous other changes and fixes, the more significant ones are:
Source code is now a Visual Studio 2008 project
Support for custom trace file parsers.
Now handles classes derived from a generic collection.
Streams are now supported on data contracts and message contracts.
Tool now continues to run even if it fails to find a method in the referenced assemblies.
Support for out and ref parameters has been added.
Timed comments (command line only)
Derived types using KnownType/XmlInclude attribute are now supported.
Fixed bug where array elements were assigned sub classes of the element type.
Fixed bug with certain types (e.g. DateTime) used as type parameters in generic collections and dictionaries.
Get the latest bits and pieces at Codeplex in the following home: http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com
Please provide your feedback to the team in order to make things better...
vrijdag 12 juni 2009
Succesfull DotNed (.NET & VSTS UG NL) VSTS meeting of 11-6-2009!
DotNed(.NET & VSTS UG NL) hosted a meeting yesterday 11-6-2009 at Microsoft Innovation Center Barneveld, NL about "How you organize your projects using the new cool futures of VSTS2010" by Ewald Hofman from Avanade NL . It was a great entertainement with 14 people and good interaction. A chalk & Talk session about VSTS2010/TFS2010 will follow soon by Hassan Fadili (MVP Team System).
If you are missing this session and you are interesting in VSTS2010/TFS2010 stuf, just attend my session about "A Lap Around VSTS2010" during the SDE Event of 26-06-2009 at Hotel Houten, NL. See the event agenda for more details at SDN Site.
zaterdag 14 maart 2009
Great VSTS Rangers effort for VSTS and Sharepoint development
VSTS Rangers are continu working for making software development easier and possible with Microsoft tools and technolgies.
In the last couple of days, Rangers shipped important guidance packages for MOSS TFS development. For maximum reach, we have simultaneously posted to the Team System Home and Application Lifecycle Management Resource Center for SharePoint Server.
The two whitepaers are:
VSTS Rangers - SharePoint Server Custom Application Development: Document Workflow Management Project
Read about the real-world design, construction, and deployment of a custom SharePoint Server 2007 application to a mid-market enterprise customer using Team Foundation Server as an ALM platform.
VSTS Rangers - Using Team Foundation Server to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications
Learn how to use TFS to support your SharePoint application development, and provide an integrated development environment and single source code repository for process activities, integrated progress reporting, and team roles.
patterns & practices: SharePoint Guidance
The SharePoint Guidance contains a sample implementation of an intranet application based on SharePoint Server 2007 that demonstrates solutions to many ALM challenges.
In the last couple of days, Rangers shipped important guidance packages for MOSS TFS development. For maximum reach, we have simultaneously posted to the Team System Home and Application Lifecycle Management Resource Center for SharePoint Server.
The two whitepaers are:
VSTS Rangers - SharePoint Server Custom Application Development: Document Workflow Management Project
Read about the real-world design, construction, and deployment of a custom SharePoint Server 2007 application to a mid-market enterprise customer using Team Foundation Server as an ALM platform.
VSTS Rangers - Using Team Foundation Server to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications
Learn how to use TFS to support your SharePoint application development, and provide an integrated development environment and single source code repository for process activities, integrated progress reporting, and team roles.
patterns & practices: SharePoint Guidance
The SharePoint Guidance contains a sample implementation of an intranet application based on SharePoint Server 2007 that demonstrates solutions to many ALM challenges.
woensdag 18 februari 2009
Peli de Hallux comes to NL and speaks for DotNed
DotNed (.NET & VSTS UG NL) is very pleased to welkom Peli de Hallux during his talk for DotNed. Peli will be next month in Europe and will speak to many User Groups.
The talk of Peli for DotNed(.NET & VSTS UG NL) VSTS session track will take place on March 9th, 2009 from 18:00 until 21:30 and will be hosted by VXCompany, thanks in advance. During his talk, Peli will discus the following content:
This talk presents 3 innovative tools from Microsoft Research in collaboration with Visual Studio DevLabs related to software reliability and testing: Code Contracts, Pex and CHESS (all tools are available for evaluation through the DevLabs incubation site from Visual Studio).
• Code Contracts provide a language-agnostic way to express coding assumptions, under the form of pre-conditions, post-conditions, and object invariants, for .NET programs. The contracts are used to improve testing via runtime checking, enable static contract verification, and documentation generation. Pex is an automated white box testing tool for .NET.
• Pex systematically tries to cover every reachable branch in a program by monitoring execution traces, and using a constraint solver to produce new test cases with different behavior. Pex can be guided by hand-written parameterized unit tests, which are API usage scenarios with assertions. The result of the analysis is a test suite which can be persisted as unit tests in source code.
• CHESS is a tool for finding and reproducing Heisenbugs in .NET and Win32 concurrent programs. CHESS repeatedly runs a concurrent test ensuring that every run takes a different interleaving. If an interleaving results in an error, CHESS can reproduce the interleaving for improved debugging.
The talk will give you a glimpse at those new technologies, along with coding demos.
Links:
Research in Software Engineering: http://research.microsoft.com/rise
Code Contracts: http://research.microsoft.com/contracts
Pex: http://research.microsoft.com/pex
CHESS: http://research.microsoft.com/chess
DevLabs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/default.aspx
Bio of Peli:
Jonathan "Peli" de Halleux is actively working on Pex, an Automated Whitebox Testing tool for .NET at Microsot Research. Peli also collaborates with his colleagues from the CHESS and Code Contracts projects. On the side Peli also wrote MbUnit, an extensible unit test framework, many Reflector addins and other fun geek projects. Peli joined the Research in Software Engineering group in October 2006 where he has been working on Pex since then. Peli worked in the CLR as a tester in charge of the Just In Time compiler (2004-2006) and earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the Catholic University of Louvain (2000-2004).
Links:
Home page at MSR: http://research.microsoft.com/~jhalleux
Blog: http://blog.dotnetwiki.org
Please visit our DotNed Event site for subscription to this exclusive event. We hope to meet you there.
Cheers,
Hassan Fadili
DotNed (.NET & VSTS UG NL) VSTS track owner.
The talk of Peli for DotNed(.NET & VSTS UG NL) VSTS session track will take place on March 9th, 2009 from 18:00 until 21:30 and will be hosted by VXCompany, thanks in advance. During his talk, Peli will discus the following content:
This talk presents 3 innovative tools from Microsoft Research in collaboration with Visual Studio DevLabs related to software reliability and testing: Code Contracts, Pex and CHESS (all tools are available for evaluation through the DevLabs incubation site from Visual Studio).
• Code Contracts provide a language-agnostic way to express coding assumptions, under the form of pre-conditions, post-conditions, and object invariants, for .NET programs. The contracts are used to improve testing via runtime checking, enable static contract verification, and documentation generation. Pex is an automated white box testing tool for .NET.
• Pex systematically tries to cover every reachable branch in a program by monitoring execution traces, and using a constraint solver to produce new test cases with different behavior. Pex can be guided by hand-written parameterized unit tests, which are API usage scenarios with assertions. The result of the analysis is a test suite which can be persisted as unit tests in source code.
• CHESS is a tool for finding and reproducing Heisenbugs in .NET and Win32 concurrent programs. CHESS repeatedly runs a concurrent test ensuring that every run takes a different interleaving. If an interleaving results in an error, CHESS can reproduce the interleaving for improved debugging.
The talk will give you a glimpse at those new technologies, along with coding demos.
Links:
Research in Software Engineering: http://research.microsoft.com/rise
Code Contracts: http://research.microsoft.com/contracts
Pex: http://research.microsoft.com/pex
CHESS: http://research.microsoft.com/chess
DevLabs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/default.aspx
Bio of Peli:
Jonathan "Peli" de Halleux is actively working on Pex, an Automated Whitebox Testing tool for .NET at Microsot Research. Peli also collaborates with his colleagues from the CHESS and Code Contracts projects. On the side Peli also wrote MbUnit, an extensible unit test framework, many Reflector addins and other fun geek projects. Peli joined the Research in Software Engineering group in October 2006 where he has been working on Pex since then. Peli worked in the CLR as a tester in charge of the Just In Time compiler (2004-2006) and earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the Catholic University of Louvain (2000-2004).
Links:
Home page at MSR: http://research.microsoft.com/~jhalleux
Blog: http://blog.dotnetwiki.org
Please visit our DotNed Event site for subscription to this exclusive event. We hope to meet you there.
Cheers,
Hassan Fadili
DotNed (.NET & VSTS UG NL) VSTS track owner.
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