Unit Testing Private Methods

Unit tests are great! Encapsulation is great! When writing testable code, sometimes you come across a situation where you want to test private methods. Before implementing any solution, please think about why you are wanting to test a private method and whether it should be tested. If you still would like to test your private…

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Lab Reaction: Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors

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I find that Cory’s main points are spot on and include what caused me to move to a single monitor. When I was hired here at Don’t Panic Labs, I was running two 24″ monitors and my laptop on the side. Whenever I received a notification, I would see it in my peripheral vision. Sometimes…

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When You Cannot Import ‘Windows_TemporaryKey.pfx’

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In one of our current projects, I needed to set up our Xamarin.Forms builds on Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). What stumped me was the following error when I was setting up VSTS for a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(3516,5): error APPX0105: Cannot import the key file ‘Windows_TemporaryKey.pfx’. The key file may…

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