a. Server
b. Desktop
c. Application
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
What is Virtualization?
Virtualization is a technique which provides a completely virtualized infrastructure for your enterprise, from data center to desktop.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
What is an Build Agent in TFS?
It is a dedicated machine on which the build happens. It needs to have Build service installed in it.
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How will you specify the Build Order for projects in TFS?
Right-click in the project , Select “Project Build Order”. There you can specify the order in which your projects need to be built.
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How to suppress code violations in FxCop?
You can suppress code violations in FxCop by providing using the attribute
System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage
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What is the use of CompilerGenerateAttribute in FxCop?
If this attribute is given to your code then FxCop will not raise warnings. Generally it is used to give for
compiler generated code.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
What is shelving in TFS?
Shelving is a way through which you save your code to TFS without checking in. If you want you can unshelve it whenever you want. Generally it is used for reviewing purpose
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Friday, September 25, 2009
What is the Svcutil.exe ?
Service Model Metadata Utility Tool is used to generate the proxy from the client.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
What will the deployment retail="true" do when set in a asp.net web.config file?
It forces the 'debug' attribute in the web.config to false, disables page output tracing, and forces the custom error page to be shown to remote users rather than the actual exception.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
What is a Unity Application Block ?
The Unity Application Block (Unity) is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container that supports constructor injection, property injection, and method call injection.
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What are the blocks in Enterprise Library?
1. The Caching Application Block
2. The Cryptography Application Block
3. The Data Access Application Block
4. The Exception Handling Application Block
5. The Logging Application Block
6. The Policy Injection Application Block
7. The Security Application Block
8. The Unity Application Block
9. The Validation Application Block
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
What is a callback function?
A callback is a function that is passed as an argument to another function and is executed after its parent
function has completed.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
What is a Build machine?
A Build machine is a computer which is dedicated for taking builds. It should have Build Service installed in it.
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What are the types of Build Plans generally followed ?
There are generally 3 build plans followed in the industry, they are:
1. Basic
2. Standard
3. Advanced
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What are the phases in the Build process?
There are 3 phases in the build process, they are:
1. Pre-Build Activities
2. Build
3. Post-Build Activities
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Monday, September 14, 2009
More Articles
1. Purpose and Usage of Partial Class
2. Design Patterns for all – Chapter I (Introduction to Design patterns and OOPs)
3. Design Patterns for all – Chapter II (Singleton Pattern)
4. Design Patterns for all – Chapter III (Factory Pattern)
5. FxCop – Part I (Introduction)
6. FxCop – Part II (A startup lesson on using FxCop)
7. FxCop – Part III (A detailed explanation over Project)
8. SharePoint for all – Chapter I (Introduction to the basics of SharePoint)
9. DataConnections in InfoPath 2007- Part I
10. Function to remove Cache Problem with IE
What are the Predefined bindings in WCF?
1. BasicHttpBinding
2. WSHttpBinding
3. WSDualHttpBinding
4. NetTcpBinding
5. NetNamedPipeBinding
6. NetMsmqBinding
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
How will you check whether automated build is successful and call a custom task on successful build?
You can do that by providing the following config entry in the MS Build or TFS Build config file,
<GetBuildProperties TeamFoundationServerUrl="$(TeamFoundationServerUrl)"
BuildUri="$(BuildUri)"
Condition=" '$(IsDesktopBuild)' != 'true' ">
<Output TaskParameter="CompilationSuccess" PropertyName="LocalCompilationSuccess" />
</GetBuildProperties>
<Exec Condition="'$(LocalCompilationSuccess)'=='true'" Command="do_the_voodoo"/>
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
What are the new Features in Team Build 2008 ?
1. Continuous Integration
2. Build Queuing
3. Scheduled Builds
4. Build Agent Management
5. Build Definition Editing GUI
6. Better Build Management
7. Managed object model
8. Improved extensibility
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
What are Tasks in MS Build?
Tasks are reusable units of executable code used by MSBuild projects to perform build operations. They are declared inside the Target element.
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What are Properties in MS Build?
They are key/value pairs which are used to configure the build. They are created by declaring a
property element inside PropertyGroup element.
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What is an ItemGroup in MS Build ?
Items represent inputs to the build system and they will be added as collections which are used as
parameters for tasks. They are available inside the ItemGroup element.
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What is MS Build ?
It is a build tool for Visual Studio. It will build the software in environments where even visual studio is not installed.
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What is Team Foundation Proxy Server ?
It is used to develope a single application from many places around the world at the same time.
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When are Changeset Type branching used ?
It is used on situations like maintenace or bug fixing , ie., you knew where the break occured.
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When are Workspace Type branching used ?
Workspaces are mapped from developer's machine to server , so this type will reflect local
files.
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When are Label Type branching used ?
It is not time-based, instead used on such situations where branching needs to be done based on
a collection of files grouped by a user.This type of branching is for the needs of an individual
user.
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What are the options available on creating a branch?
There are 5 options available on creating a branch, they are :
1. Changeset
2. Date
3. Label
4. Latest Version
5. Workspace version
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