When you first connect to a Git Repository in Visual Studio, you are going to be defaulted to cloning the Master remote branch. But what if you want to work on a different branch? You’ll need to clone that branch before you start working on it. If you look at the branches tab in Team […]
I really enjoy using Git and thanks to all the built-in functionality in Visual Studio, using it on a daily basis is a great experience. Unfortunately not all Git commands are in the IDE yet, so when I need to do something outside of Visual Studio, I go to command-line. Before you can use the […]
I use SQL Server Database Projects to manage my project’s DB schema changes and keep them version controlled. I recently got a new laptop and installed SQL Server 2014 on it. When I started a new project and tried to import the new schema into Visual Studio 2013, I ran into this error: “Could not […]
I’m working on an application that uses Git hosted by Visual Studio Online. My development site is hosted as an Azure website. I want to be able to push directly from my desktop to Azure, which is pretty simple to configure from the Azure portal by clicking on “Integrate source control” Then select Local Git […]
Visual Studio Online gives you the ability to create and manage your product backlog, prioritize your workload, create iterations or sprints, create tasks associated with your backlog, create test plans and test cases to test your product backlog items, of course use version control with the options to use either Team Foundation Version Control or […]
The famous Brian Keller VM, which contains a fully-configured TFS 2013 and Visual Studio 2013 has been updated to include Update 3. It includes a great set of Hands-on-Labs that you can use to get information on the great features of TFS and Visual Studio. You can read about it on Brian’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/archive/2014/09/19/now-available-update-3-refresh-of-visual-studio-2013-alm-virtual-machine.aspx, and […]
This Saturday (February 22nd), I will be speaking at South Florida Code Camp. This is my third time speaking down there and it is always a great time with awesome organizers, volunteers, speakers, and attendees. I am doing 2 talks: 9:50 – Git For Visual Studio DevelopersThis session will help you get started with Git […]
A few days ago, Microsoft released Visual Studio 2013 Update 1. Unlike previous updates, there is no accompanying TFS Update released wit this one. There are no major feature changes in this update. Per Brian Harry’s blog, expect bigger changes in VS and TFS for update 2. Here is the update process: You most likely […]
Here is a sample of my latest Pluralsight course on Git for Visual Studio Developers. The video shows you how to create a TFS 2013 Team Project that uses Git as source control and pushing your local repository to TFS. The course helps Visual Studio Developers become successful at working with Git. Git for Visual […]
Azure offers you the ability to host a website under your Azure account in minutes. The site doesn’t have to be ASP.NET, you can use HTML5/JavaScript, a static HTML page, PHP, Python, Classic ASP and others. This is a great way to get your site hosted, especially if you already have an Azure account and […]