Building high quality end to end acceptance tests suites is hard, and creating API stubs (aka mock servers) can be surprisingly time consuming. WireMock.net [https://github.com/WireMock-Net/WireMock.Net] can help speed this…
The npm install step in my Teamcity CI build for an angular app I have been working has been failing intermittently and I finally uncovered the reason. TL/DR The combination of McAfee Anti-virus and…
Stumbled on a little gotcha today when using nuget packages as deployment artifacts to be send to Octopus Deploy [http://octopusdeploy.com] and thought it worth documenting so i don't forget next time. The quick…
In VS 2013+ msbuild moved out of the core .net framework and is available as a separate install for build agents know as "Build tools". You need to be aware that MsBuild has moved path…
In addition to my previous post about how to do better code reviews [https://alastaircrabtree.com/what-to-look-out-for-in-a-code-review/] below is a list of specific things to watch out for during code reviews, in no particular order:…