How to data bind a Visual Studio 2013 Coded UI Test 05 January 2015 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem I need to run the same Coded UI Test with different data. Solution Data bind your Coded UI Test. To data bind a test in Visual Studio you just need access to the data source and add attributes to the test. For this example we are going to use a simply CSV file. So add a new t... [More]
How to use string.Format with LINQ Select 24 December 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) When I project new data types using the Select operator I sometimes want to create new strings from the combination of existing properties. Naturally I turn to string.Format. However, if you attempt a call like the one below: public object Get(int id) { return this.db.Peopl... [More]
How to change your default language in Visual Studio 12 December 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I want to change my default languge in Visual Studio. Solution: Select Tools / Import and Export Settings... Select Reset all settings Click Next > I suggest backing up your current settings just in case you want them back. Select the default Language setup you want to use Cl... [More]
How to set the name and pin of my JY-MCU Bluetooth adapter 30 November 2014 Donovan-Brown (0) Problem: I want to change the name and pin of my JY-MCU Bluetooth Board v1.05. Solution: Use an Arduino and send AT commands to the JY-MCU. Explanation: Open the attached sketch into the Arduino IDE and upload to your Arduino. Connect the RX pin to pin 2, TX pin to pin 3, GND to GND and V... [More]
Building Ubuntu Servers in Hyper-V 30 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Download Ubuntu server Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS ISO from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server In Hyper-V Manager select New / Virtual Machine Before You Begin Click Next Specify Name and Location Name: <Stage> i.e. Dev, QA, Prod Click Next Specify Generation Select ... [More]
Never forget -Verbose again 28 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Working with DSC I am constantly having to type –Verbose on my Start-DscConfiguration calls. However, I stumbled across this cool feature of PowerShell that I thought I would share that will set the –Verbose switch on all your calls for you. PowerShell has a collection of Preferen... [More]
PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) Journey by Jacob Benson 28 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) I just wanted a list of all the post in one place. PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) Journey by Jacob Benson: Day 1 (First Configuration) Day 2 (Parameterizing the Configuration) Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 ... [More]
How to use VSO and RMO to deploy an Azure Website 21 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) This is a neat post because we are going to be using all three Azure offerings SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.& [More]
How to deploy the Fabriakam Call Center application with DSC 20 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Because there is not an Update 4 version of the Keller VM using the Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 Keller VM I will show you how to upgrade Release Management to Update 4 and create a vNext deployment for the Fabriakam Call Center application. First we have to uninstall Release Management Update 3. Lo... [More]
Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 Keller VM share issue 20 November 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: When I attempt to open the drop folder of a build on the Update 3 version of the Visual Studio 2013 Keller vm I get the follow error. Solution: Give Everyone read permission to the c:\ffdrops folder. If you get promoted by a Network discovery and file sharing dialog select "Yes, tur... [More]