In the last installment of our series, we discussed the topic of Context Obscurity along with strategies for avoiding the creation of obscure tests. As the final topic of this series, we’ll take an introductory look at the practice of writing Automated Acceptance Tests.

With this article, we will start a series of articles to review the customization of work item type definition in the context of changes that we observe in work item tracking in TFS 2010. In this article, we will cover the tools and process to export work item type definition from an existing team project and then import it back with some modifications. We will use command line tools and XML editing in the notepad. We will also see how to export and import Global Lists from TFS.

We began a series of articles on Customize work item type definition in TFS 2010. In the first part of this series we had seen how to use a tool WitAdmin to export the work item type definition of Bug work item and then import it back in TFS after making a small modification in it, as Defect work item type definition. In this article, we will do a non-trivial modification in the Defect work item, using Team Foundation Power Tool.

The best way to understand how interfaces improve software design  is to see a familiar problem solved using interfaces. First, take a tightly-coupled system design without  interfaces, spot its deficiencies and then walk-through a solution of the problem with a design using interfaces.

Windows only: Keep your desktop or any other folder on your hard drive organized and under control with Belvedere, an automated Windows file management tool. Use Belvedere's friendly interface to create advanced rules to move, copy, delete, rename, or open files based on their name, extension, size, creation date, and more.

Boomerang is een plugin voor GMail die zichzelf in je Chrome en Firefox nestelt en zich alleen op de plek daarvoor bestemd (in Gmail) zelf tevoorschijn laat komen. Boomerang stelt je in staat jouw mailbox weer “te managen”.

Een goede en gratis tool om een video-dvd naar een handzamer formaat te converteren, is HandBrake.

With somewhere around 200 apps on my phone at any given time, it can be a pain to scroll through all of them to find what I'm looking for. Categorizing apps into handy folders can also be time-consuming. Fazik Logic takes the concept of sorting your apps one step further however with LiveSorter, a new app that automatically sorts installed applications into appropriate categories.

With more and more carriers going to tiered and limited data plans, smartphone owners have to keep a closer eye on how they use their mobile data. Thankfully there are applications that can help you out. Onavo Lite is an Android application that helps you manage your 3G/4G data, and even sniff out apps that are taking more than your fair share. There’s also a number of interesting features that to assist you, such as restricting certain apps to WiFi only. The iOS counterpart, has a “data-shrinking” feature which helps you squeeze the most out of every last kilobyte, and the developer promised it’s coming soon to the Android version.

Explore more ways to play with your Dolphin Browser HD with over 50 Add-ons. From changing your browsers color to saving a web page as PDF for an offline read, Add-ons enhance your toolbox in Dolphin Browser HD. Here are the top 10 most popular.

If there is one thing I constantly have to think about on a pretty much daily basis, it's juice. Not the kind of juice you pour yourself in the morning at breakfast, but the kind that is needed to power by insatiable electronics on the go. Last August, Phonesuit sent me a review unit of their 1000 mAh Primo Cube, but this year they really stepped up their game and sent over a whopping 8200 mAh portable charger called the Primo Power Core, compared to which the Cube is a mere drop in the bucket.

Er zijn al ontzettend veel variaties op planking aan het ontstaan. Maar batmanning is toch onze favoriet!