I don’t like the way Windows Forms applications get built with all their binaries in a single folder. I also don’t like the publish options in Visual Studio - the .application files just feel messy, so I prefer to just deploy the executable and related assemblies using some kind of... [Read More]

We’ve started using WatIn for our automated tests: nice and easy to use and integrates easily, but I did hit one stumbling block: CruiseControl.NET. When running tests locally, there were no issues - check the code in and bang, the tests fail. It was immediately apparent that it was a... [Read More]

I’ve been fighting with Selenium and automated testing lately, and I just couldn’t shake the feeling that it just wasn’t the right tool for the job. The IDE is flakey in terms of files you save (making changes to the project often results in JS errors in the tests), the... [Read More]

We’ve recently started using Selenium as a testing tool at work. The IDE is great, particularly for filling in forms during development, but I’m a stickler for automated testing. [Read More]

Assuming you use a decent naming convention in your database, it’s sometimes useful to be able to find a list of tables with a common column - for example if you want to write a script to clean out all data related to a specific item, referenced by foreign key... [Read More]