Productivity

The best thing about using Telerik JustMock is that you can mock practically everything. You can even mock types without using dependency injection, making JustMock the best framework to use when working with legacy code. We’ve all encountered tightly-bound code, and our first instinct is to correct it. However, there are only so many hours in a sprint, and it’s not always convenient to go on a large refactoring spree when the backlog is filling up. With JustMock, you can still ensure the code works, and it will set you up for the cleaning that will take place at a later time. The...

Visual Studio 11 Beta has already been around for several weeks and most of you have already tried it. Plenty of different opinions were out there – from praising the cool new features it offers, to grumbling about the surprisingly changed user interface. For all of you who are developing your applications leveraging the cutting-edge technologies on the market, we want to assure you: OpenAccess ORM will not be missing in Visual Studio 11 and you will be able to use it immediately, even in the VS's Beta version. In fact, since there is still a long way to go until Q2,...

This morning I gave a “Speed Geeking Breakfast Talk” at the Software Testing Professionals Conference in New Orleans. Speed Geeking talks at STPCon are eight minute lightning format talks. There’s not really any time for Q&A during the talks, but they’re great for laying out important points and starting a conversation after the talk. My talk was whimsically titled “Brittle Automation or a Sharp Stick in the Eye? Wait, Let Me Think.” My point with the title is that badly done test automation can become such a time-consuming, frustrating task that the pain of it is metaphorically worse than  a ...

Expanding on our recent blog post, Telerik and VS11 State of Affairs, here is another update for all of you exploring the Visual Studio 11 Beta.  As we near the launch of Visual Studio 11 Release Candidate our goal is to ensure that your migration to it is as smooth as possible. Early feedback on forums and (a lack of) support tickets tells us we are doing a good job—thanks! Please keep sending us your feedback!   So, what’s been going on?  And, what can you do to keep abreast of developments? All our teams are blogging about their progress. As reported right after the release of Visual Studio 11 Beta,...

In case you have missed the news, Telerik Reporting is one of the many Telerik products that support the beta version of Visual Studio 11. To use it in VS11 you will just need to download the Q1 2012 Refresh build from your Telerik account (or use the trial link at the bottom) and install it: The installer will register the Telerik assemblies in VS11, and will populate the toolbox with the Telerik Reporting items. Every feature (Report Designer surface, item creation and data binding, report exporting, etc.) has been tested so you can start using Telerik Reporting right away to produce quality reports with...