Jason Barile - Testing Testing
Discussions about Software Testing
Agile testing - finding the balance
One of the lessons I learned in my last product cycle is that you need the right test for the right...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 03/30/2006
Catching up with Team Foundation QA
Team Foundation v1.0 has shipped! I've really enjoyed watching this product evolve and come together...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 03/29/2006
Continuous Integration status on an LCD with Team Build
Check it out. Knut Hamang built a Continuous Integration annunciator using a 37-inch LCD and Team...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 03/10/2006
What is an SDET?
I've received a few e-mails today asking what the SDET position is all about. SDET stands for...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 12/27/2005
A quiet week?
It's a little quiet around the office this week, but don't let the lack of noise fool you. We're...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 12/27/2005
Webcast: Visual Studio Team System
If you've heard about Visual Studio Team System but can't answer the top 10 reasons how it could...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 12/27/2005
Upgraded your Axim x50v to Windows Mobile? A few tips...
I upgraded my Dell Axim x50v to Windows Mobile 5 this week, and I thought I'd share a few tips &...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 11/04/2005
VSNC Office on Virtual Earth
By now, you've probably heard about the MSN Virtual Earth rollout. I thought it'd be fun to show...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/27/2005
Good luck NASA, or "The Dreaded No Repro"
Poor NASA. Yesterday's shuttle launch was scrubbed at the last minute due to a malfunctioning fuel...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/14/2005
NewsBreak v1.1 released
Ilium Software has released an upgrade to my favorite Pocket PC RSS reader - NewsBreak. The new...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/13/2005
Verizon launches the Samsung i730 Pocket PC phone
Watch out SMT5600, there's a new drool-worthy smartphone on the block. If I didn't already have and...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/23/2005
How to unlock an item locked by another user
It's inevitable... You're under a tight deadline to make a critical bug fix and someone else has the...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/23/2005
Checking in with the Source Control QA team
This week and next, we're going to be focusing heavily on testing our features through the IDE (as...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/22/2005
Did you know about these Microsoft Pocket PC deals?
Microsoft's Pocket PC website has a listing of Pocket PC-related hardware and software deals....
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/21/2005
Have you trained your Transcriber lately?
I use different input methods for my Pocket PC depending on which application I'm working with....
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/19/2005
June CTP - Where's all that Team Foundation stuff?
If you've installed the TeamSuite SKU of the June CTP and you're wondering where all the Team...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/17/2005
Allowable filename characters in VSS vs. Team Foundation Source Control
I was asked today to compare the list of allowed and disallowed characters in VSS to that of Team...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/15/2005
Pocket PC blogging tools
Last night, I tried out 2 Pocket PC blogging tools: Diarist and PocketBlogger. Diarist supports...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/10/2005
Acrylic Beta is live (and cool!)
If you have some spare time this weekend, check out Acrylic (that's a code name) - the beta of...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/10/2005
BattleBot built on PocketPC with .NET CF 2.0 featured in Tech Ed keynote
I've long thought Windows CE and .NET were great platforms for mobile robotics, and these folks have...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/08/2005
Does your application support high dpi settings?
During our accessibility test pass this week, we've also been looking various display settings like...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 06/03/2005
Catching the TechEd 2005 podcasts on your Pocket PC
TechEd 2005 starts on June 5th. If you can't attend in person, you can still catch lots of great...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 05/31/2005
Welcome to my Pocket PC channel
I love my Dell Axim x50v. I've had it for about 5 months, and I used an iPaq 4355 before this. I'm...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 05/31/2005
I am a Scorched Earth tank
Cute, and surprisingly accurate :) If I had a dime for all the hours I spent playing Scorched Earth...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 05/31/2005
What's my test team doing this week?
This week, we're wrapping up a month-long focus on security testing in Team Foundation. You've...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 05/24/2005
Forums and VSTS walkthroughs
I haven't been blogging much lately, but I have been spending a bit of time in the VSTS forums. Stop...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 05/24/2005
Installation guides for VSTS Beta 2
If you've been having any trouble installing the Beta2 release of Team Foundation Server, these...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 05/16/2005
What size projects do you store in source control?
I'm curious to know what types/sizes of solutions and projects your team stores in source control....
Author: Jason Barile Date: 04/15/2005
Implementing SOA on Team System checkin policies
Interested in learning more about checkin policies and how to write your own? Check out this great...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 03/23/2005
Questions about converting to VSTS Version Control? Ask Akash!
Some folks have been asking about the various converter tools we'll provide in Team System for...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 02/24/2005
Upcoming Team Foundation public web chats
Join us on February 23rd and 24th for online web chats about Team Foundation. Our last chats were...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 02/18/2005
What does your SCC system do (or not do) today you wish it would do differently?
I'm just curious. What does your current SCC system do (or not do) today that you wish it would do...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 02/14/2005
Moving away from item versions
Based on customer feedback, we've decided to cut the concept of item versions from Team Foundation...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 02/11/2005
Grab your map and cloak, we're looking at the workfold command
One of the first features of Team Foundation Version Control (man, do I miss calling it "Hatteras")...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 01/22/2005
Paint.NET 2.0 released
Paint.NET version 2.0 has been released. This is a freeware image manipulation package written...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 12/27/2004
Rounding the corner...
There comes a time in every software project where you realize that everything is staring to gel and...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 12/22/2004
Locking functionality in Team System Version Control
After my last post, I received some questions about locking as it relates to changesets. So here's a...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 11/12/2004
Version Control
It's been a while since I posted... I'll try to do better :) In the meantime, what questions do you...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 11/09/2004
What's in a name - redux
A while back, I asked what people wanted us to call our command line application. Today, we're using...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 09/28/2004
Welcome Adam Singer to the Hatteras test team
Adam Singer recently joined the Hatteras test team and has started blogging. For now, he owns...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 09/10/2004
YAHB - Yet another Hatteras blogger
Another one of our Hatteras testers, Jim Presto, has started a web log. Jim's been with us at...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 08/03/2004
Basic operations in Hatteras' cmd line environment - Part 2 Answer
Here's the answer to yesterday's quiz. I'll work through each step and describe what's happening: 1....
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/14/2004
Basic operations in Hatteras' cmd line environment - Part 2
Continuing the basic command tutorial, today I'll introduce a couple of more commands: rename,...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/13/2004
What's in a name?
You might have noticed I'm using the executable name “h” in my samples. This is the...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/12/2004
Basic operations in Hatteras' cmd line environment
In my last VSTS/Hatteras post, I introducted working folder mappings and cloakings. Now that you've...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/08/2004
Maps & cloaks
Here's a brief introduction to one of the features of Hatteras I own testing: working folder...
Author: Jason Barile Date: 07/06/2004