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MSBuild OutDir per project in solution

Posted on June 25, 2014 by erictummers

We use a dedicated project file for building our solution/projects. The automated build sometimes complains about failing unit tests due to incompatible assembly versions. By building every project to their own OutDir we solved the issue. MSBuild tasks Install the … Continue reading →

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Browserstack screenshot followup

Posted on June 12, 2014 by erictummers

I asked browserstack for a reaction on the timeout in my Browserstack first look post. They upgraded my account to include the Defer Time option for free, but no candy. We use Selenium to automatically capture the screenshots. It seems … Continue reading →

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Octopus deploy export – import

Posted on June 11, 2014 by erictummers

Imagine you don’t have acces to a customer’s serverpark but still want to use a central octopus deploy server. Now you can export that release from your octopus deploy server and import it into the (local) installation on the customer’s … Continue reading →

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Allow incompatible platform in schema comparison

Posted on June 4, 2014 by erictummers

Schema comparison of SQL Express 2012 database and SQL Server 2008 gives an error A project which specifies SQL Server 2012 as the target platform cannot be published to SQL Server 2008. Set the allow incompatible platform in the options … Continue reading →

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Browserstack first look

Posted on June 2, 2014 by erictummers

Browserstack offers a free trial. Signup through modern.ie for an extended 3 months trial. I’ve tried it and found it very useful. The features are highlighted in this post. Live Type the public url and choose the platform and browser. … Continue reading →

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