Underwater. Again. On with the links…
DemoMates for Visual Studio 11 ALM Demos from Brian Keller
Brian has the skinny on a number of DemoMates for the Visual Studio 11 ALM Demos that are part of the Visual Studio 11 ALM Virtual Machine. DemoMates are Silverlight-based renderings of a software demo that can be used to easily learn a demo or demonstrate it to an audience. Very cool stuff.
Introduction to Branching by Quality [Branching-Merging Techniques] from Tarun Arora
Tarun has a great exploration into the “Branch by Quality” branch pattern, where branching is done based on the phase of development for a specific set of code. It’s the most common branching story out there and one that I typically recommend because it jives with my “Scrummerfall” preference. Understanding branching patterns is critical to implementing a proper ALM solution, and unless you’re a branching wizard, you should give this a read.
Using NuGet and TFS Build 2010 from Richard Fennell
Richard has an interesting look at using NuGet in a TFS build and a couple of errors (and their solutions) that arose in a specific example he encountered.
Two Useful Extensions for Presenters Using VS2010 from Mark Pearl
If you’re in the habit of presenting and using Visual Studio 2010 during your presentations, you should check out the Presentation Zoom VS extension and the ZoomEditorMargin VS extension. Both are described in Mark’s post with screens and details at the link.
