I haven't been able to find any good resources about QA code of conduct and would like to start documenting this. The main issue I have is really basic stuff like: Someone reports "the design is broken" when the real issue is they are using IE6 and haven't updated their cache. A team member says you broke the build, when actually they...
I added a project to a solution checked into a team foundation server solution and the individual project I just added does not offer me the ability to check it in. Has anyone faced this in past? ...
What are the bare minimum requirements to deploy an exe that uses TFS APIs ? I have a machine with a small C:(12GB with only 1GB left). I cannot install VSStudiio 2008 SP1 + Team Explorer + VSStudio SP1 SDK on that machine since SP1 requires C:\ (So does .NET 3.5 SP1). Any workarounds ??? Presently I get an exception: System.InvalidPro...
I work with several developers in India and one of our biggest difficulties is their naming of variables. At first I was very frustrated and couldn't understand why they wouldn't just properly name things (was it laziness?) However, I realized that they probably aren't used to naming variables, becausee all of the code they read is in En...
Stackoverflow is one of the greatest web applications I've ever seen. It's not just its purpose, but also its quality, design and speed. Is it just 6 people doing all the hard work? (I don't know if I can call these guys people since they are jedis). Are you using SCRUM or something like that? Are you all doing everything or do you h...
When working on a single project with a small team, say, 3 devs, its common for us to ask each other: "Oh, how does this class work?" or "What property do I set on this to make this happen?" as the code base grows, and of course, we must make use of the available APIs, classes, controls, et al. that we build. However, I'm sometimes uns...
My scenario is such that I have a VB.NET project in SVN and I am using the Application Framework to start the application. This poses a great problem when different developers are working on different forms and they want to have different startup forms. Right now if we change the project settings, its changed for everyone else too. How...
The single most effective thing I have done to improve my soft skills is to take an acting class. What is the single most effective thing you have done to improve your soft skills? Related questions: What is the single most effective thing that you have done to improve your programming skills? Advice to improve programmer communica...
Hey there I recently graduated and joined up with an old friend of mine, a previous ebay power seller, in business. I've come up with a pretty novel ecommerce idea and with a somewhat makeshift office and perhaps a few thousand pounds of startup capital, we're going to make it work. The thing is we need more people to help build this ...
Hi, I am new to TFS and have been having issues with setting it up to be accessible on the internet. I have set up TFS 2008 with SSL(HTTPS) on ports 8081, 81, and 17013 etc... for the respective services, on a single server deployment, with basic authentication, with server exposed as a DMZ by my router. How can I access the TFS serve...
I am having a problem with a folder and a file showing up under my project which is under my solution. The files are being added to TFS but my project has no idea that the file exists and shows it as white Dim tfs As TeamFoundationServer = TeamFoundationServerFactory.GetServer(txtServer.Text) ' Get a reference to Source Control. Dim v...
What kind of characters can promote the person more likely to be a leader in the team ? Also, what do you think the responsibilities a leader should have? ...
I have a WPF application that builds fine, I can even publish it (localhost) using ClickOnce - no problem. I want to create a Team build that will update the ClickOnce site, but can't find anyone that has done this or knows how. Any ideas? ...
It's no question that we should code our applications to protect themselves against malicious, curious, and/or careless users, but what about from current and/or future colleagues? For example, I'm writing a web-based API that accepts parameters from the user. Some of these parameters may map to values in a configuration file. If the ...
I'm looking to generate a SLA (Service Level Agreement) agreement between my team (developers, business analysts, techs) and various business units (accounting, purchasing, human resources). This SLA will cover what is to be expected by both parties for support functions such as bug fixing, troubleshooting, etc.. I believe generating...
We have proposed to use Scrum in our IT Project and our Adviser asks us if it is appropriate to us because we are still amateurs. Is it appropriate to us Scrum even if we are amateurs? ...
I would like a general purpose code snippets library, that I could use to store bits of code for any language, organized in folders. When any developer on the network adds a snippet, it should get transferred to others. How can I do this simply? Any app that could be used for sharing libraries of text should be okay too. ...
I recently started working on project with 8 devs ( including me ) , 7 of them are on a different location ( offshore ) . Although I am co located with BA's and stakeholders , i have very little access to the actual development .The whole project is being run by a consulting firm and I am the only "outsider", so teams leads / PMs usually...
A group of us are starting a new project and are working in a distributed fashion. Our intention is to use agile development methodologies and in particular Extreme Programming (XP). This is intended as a learning experience, but while some of us have experience with XP in a "traditional" team none of us has experience doing XP with a re...
Hi, I've been developing for a few years now and have been frustrated with how some of the older programmers in my team have proceeded to design and implement without any kind of development philosophy, which generally leads to problems further down the development track, generally due to a lack of flexibility and validation. I raised ...