Triggering a Build In Visual Studio Online and Check Status

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A few months back, Andrew Tarr showed us how to trigger a build from another build using PowerShell. That worked pretty well for us and remains the recommended way to have a chain of builds in Visual Studio Online. However, recently I was working on a project that needed to trigger a build but also get…

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DPL Reading List – January 13, 2017

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Know when to ask for help with the 15 Minute Rule (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “The fact is – your time is expensive. It might feel good to learn things the hard way – you’ll build…

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Creating a Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Developing and Testing Against IIS

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Sometimes you find yourself needing to develop or test on an encrypted connection. Whether it is an MVC binding forcing you to do SSL or you simply want to get rid of your browser’s mixed content warnings, a local certificate can come in handy. Creating your .cer file Start by locating makecert.exe. You can typically…

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DPL Reading List – January 6, 2017

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. 10 things I learned making the fastest site in the world (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Writing a fast website is like raising a puppy, it requires constancy and consistency (both over time and from everyone involved)….

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SQL Aliasing – Why You Need It

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Quick word on Aliasing. In the past few months I have come across a SQL issue that occurs in many different configurations, across various physical locations, and amongst several engineers. Since it was so prevalent I thought it might be helpful to talk about aliasing SQL instances. When you install a SQL instance, no matter…

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DPL Reading List – December 30, 2016

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Introducing the Conversational Form (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Conversational Form turns web forms into conversations — making it easy for developers and designers to engage with users in a more compelling and conversational way.” The Stretch Goal Paradox…

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DPL Reading List – December 16, 2016

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. The future of front-end development is design – “So, should our kids learn to code? I can’t argue against the value of every child having a working knowledge of software development. But there is a difference between coding foundational technology and…

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DPL Reading List – December 9, 2016

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Why It’s So Hard for Us to Visualize Uncertainty (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “As data science becomes more and more important for companies, managers are starting to deal with types of data that show multiple possible…

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DPL Reading List – December 2, 2016

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Technical Credit (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Technical Credit is the investment in the engineering, designing and constructing of software or systems over and above the minimum necessary effort, in anticipation of emergent properties paying dividends at…

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Unit Testing .NET with JustMock (tips and common pitfalls)

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In this post, I’d like to share a few tips to get up and running with the Telerik mocking framework JustMock, so you can easily and quickly write tests that give you that warm-and-fuzzy feeling you crave from your code. Notes I assume some familiarity with the concepts of unit testing, dependency injection (DI), Inversion…

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