Adam Singer
Veni, vidi, expertus sum- I came, I saw, I tested
Notable
After a bit of revising and internal processing, I'm the proud author of two TechNotes! Both are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2005
Looking at the world through rose-colored versionspecs
James' post on the DateTime versionspec reminded me that I wanted to post a brief summary of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/28/2005
Twelve Step Programs
Over the past few weeks, I've set up several Visual Studio Team Foundation Servers. Granted, this is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/14/2005
My voice is my passport
Locks vs. Permissions Visual Studio's Team Foundation Version Control has a very powerful access...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2005
It's always darkest...
...just before it goes pitch black. These past three weeks, the Visual Studio Team Foundation...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2005
Acme Code Corp.
One of the major missing features in the 1.0 and 1.1 .NET Framework was generics (similar to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/20/2005
The Origin of the Specs
According to Wikipedia, there are over 800,000 species of insect, only 82,000 of which are "true...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/11/2005
Because it is not the sky
We're testing the Japanese Beta3 version of Visual Studio Team System's Team Foundation Server. Of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/07/2005
Microsoft Palabra
Did you know that Microsoft Word 2003 has translation built in? Type in a sentence and highlight it....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/20/2005
Cause and effect
Recently, Keith Hill asked which version control commands require a checkin to complete. As Keith,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/05/2005
Snip/Cut: Extracting and implanting data
To misquote Kermit the Frog, "Time's fun when you're catching flies and other bugs." It's been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/26/2005
Working within the System
I've just heard that there's a chat in a little under three hours on "Learning Visual Studio Team...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2005
Extra! Extra! Get the latest news!
Every now and again, some feature or other of our source control code strikes me in a "wow, that's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/14/2005
Finding the [elided] in [elided] [elided]
A little bit back, Keith Hill posted in the TFS Forum about seeing "..." in Source Control...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2005
/map marks the spot
Now that you've had a bit of time to play around with Beta 2, I'm curious what people think of the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/10/2005
Workspace: the final frontier
We've been getting some feedback that the "workspace" concept isn't entirely clear. In my post on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/05/2005
Remapping in style
James introduced me to a neat trick recently with working folders. Oftentimes, I create a workspace...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/28/2005
Rounding the Baselines
Bruce from GrapeCity Inc. asks: When reading something about version control I learn a term...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2005
Editorial privileges
A follow-up question from my most recent post- How often do you think you'll want to edit the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/15/2005
Alice in changesets
In our last episode, we discussed the checkin process. Of course, checking in changes isn't the end...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/12/2005
Mmmm... tastes like checkin
I have a few further questions about your Team System usage for those of you playing around with the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2005
Welcome to the Hotel Team Foundation
So, this has been awhile coming. Let's blame that on the combination of 2 zillion screenshots and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/25/2005
Weapon of Choice
Here's yet another question for anyone out there using the December CTP. When you want to use...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/14/2005
Stream of conscience
A friend out in Redmond recently passed along this link. Stan Zdonik was my advisor up at Brown, and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2005
The Changeset at the Pend of the Universe
Reading Jason’s post on lock types got me thinking about the general concept of pending...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2005
Team System: Behind the curtain
Yesterday evening, I joined the Triangle .NET Users Group for their monthly general meeting. The...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2005
The Command Line, the File, and the Wardrobe
Recently, I’ve been working with a command file parsing feature of the Version Control command...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2004
Locking
I'd like to give you a brief overview of locking functionality from within the Team Foundation...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/07/2004
Hello, world
My name is Adam Singer, and I recently moved to the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina. I've...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/10/2004