Ok, stupid … but time consuming. If you edit your dashboard.config in CCNET to incldue NCoverExplorer details and for some reason the report NEVER SHOWS you need to do the following: Restart the CCNET Service Reset IIS (iisreset command) I forgot to do #2 and for an hour and a half I banged my head…
Category Archives: Continuous Integration
Excluding Integration Tests from your Automated Build
A simple tip to exclude certain tests from running during your automated build. In this scenario we have a bunch of tests inside of a particular DLL. Inside of these tests we have a folder that is for “integration tests”. These tests are run usually once a day in a nightly build and are also…
NAnt: SdkInstallRoot has not been set
I’ve had this error pop up nearly 20 times when setting up CCNET through the years. Unfortunately I never notated what I had to do to fix it. I usually just spent 20 minutes banging my head against the wall trying to figure it out. Then when I finally do figure it out I never…
The Importance of Incremental Builds
With continuous integration being integrated into Team Foundation Server 2008 we can sometimes run into unexpected results. Such as extended build times. By default the build file is set up to inform the TFS Build Agent that it should perform a “Full Build”. What is a “Full Build”? By default, when TFS performs a build…
Dependency Walker & SP1 TFS 2008 Upgrade Issues
My plan today was to upgrade Team Foundation Server 2008 to Service Pack 1 (SP1) today. My client runs a dual server implementation and we run Team Explorer on the App Tier of this set up. Therefore we needed to upgrade Team Explorer and TFS itself to SP1 for 2008. Round 1 The TFS…
