Running all Tests in Solution

MsTest is a nice testing framework. However it can be annoying from time to time. a while ago in the past I’ve blogged about the inability of this testing framework to execute all tests in a given sln file. Recently i had some time and I decided thats its about time that ill do something productive about this (instead of my usual complaining) and I’ve sat down to write a simple msbuild task that runs all tests in a solution. here is an example of a build script that uses this task: <UsingTask TaskName="RunAllTestsInSolution" AssemblyFile="RunAllTestsInSolution.dll" /> <PropertyGroup > <MSTestLocation>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE</MSTestLocation> </PropertyGroup> <Target Name="UnitTestsWithCoverage"> <RunAllTestsInSolution ...

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Posted in: MSTest,tools,Unit Tests

ALT .NET – Take 4

Start of next month The ALT.Net group will be having another unconference. This will take place on the first weekend of September. If you want to come, find out all the details and register using this link. (Exact place is yet to be decid...

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Posted in: ALT .NET

Tracking Actual Hours On Tasks

Oren Ellenbogen has posted a couple of weeks ago “Why tracking actual hours is so imperative?”. Earlier this week I had a discussion with a VP R&D on exactly the same issues.. For me tracking hours on task is well useless. But here are some of the things they said on why it is important: When people know they are being tracked they become more committed and dedicated to their tasks. We need to report on people performance to higher management and this kind of information is crucial to understand how people perform. We track times in order to verify how much is done on sprint related tasks and how much time is invested on other things. We track time in order to make sure that people are working enough time. ...

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Posted in: Agile Principles,Scrum,tips