kgarove - Channel 9

Database Object Name Refactoring Using Visual Studio 2005 Database Professional Edition CTP 3

kgarove — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:17:02 GMT

Any of you taxpayers that check out my team blog ( http://blogs.msdn.com/federaldev ) regularly know my M.O. - I like to kick things off with a clever quote. So why not carry on the tradition here. This one's from the Old Testament:

"A good name is better than precious ointment."

All I can say is that they must have had some mighty fine ointment back then.

As a matter of fact, just the other day as my wife was layin' down a heathly slathering of Desitin, I couldn't stop from interjecting, "Honey, A good name is better than precious ointment." To which she replied, "I got several choice names for you, buster, if you don't get over here and give me a hand with YOUR son!"

She never fails to spoil an anecdote.

Well, all you refactoring wolverines out there are gonna love Visual Studio Database Professional Refactoring support. It sure beats preccious ointment. So check out this cool demo using CTP3.

Come on in - set a spell - take ya shoes off - yall come back now!

Ken Garove

Quote Citation:
AUTHOR: Old Testament
QUOTATION: A good name is better than precious ointment.
ATTRIBUTION: Ecclesiastes vii. 1. [text]
BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia.

Using Team Foundation Power Toy for Offline Changes to Source-Controlled Files

kgarove — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:58:48 GMT

TFPT, Team Foundation Power Toy, provides lots of advanced source control functionality for Team Foundation Server. This screencast demonstrates how to use TFPT to take files offline and then to re-synch with TFS source control when back online.

Using Web Deployment Projects in Visual Studio 2005 to Modify Web.Config for Production Deployments

kgarove — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:36:13 GMT

This must-see screencast shows you how to find, install, and use Web Deployment projects to make changes to web.config for production builds. The focus here is on modifying database connection strings and dynamic web services URLs in web.config to point to production servers when building a release from within VS 2005.

Code on Garth!

Ken Garove
http://blogs.msdn.com/federaldev

Team Foundation Server - Tracing Technical Requirements through to Tests and Builds

kgarove — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:37:48 GMT

Team Foundation Server has a rich meta-model for tracking iteration and project health and status. This screencast demonstrates how work items are linked to changesets, tests, and builds. This linkage enables users to trace technical requirements all the way through to tests and builds. Hint: work item check-in policy is your friend.