news|Feb 14, 2017

Build 2017 Conference Is Now Open for Registration

Tickets went on sale for Microsoft’s yearly Build developer conference Tuesday, and the registration website was immediately flooded with takers–so much so, that users trying to sign up experienced technical problems throughout the morning. Though many devs reported on Twitter that they had successfully registered, some posted complaints that they experienced long waits or needed…
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Blogs|Jan 5, 2017

Running Spectron Tests in Visual Studio Team Services Build

Having end-to-end tests and running them locally can definitely be beneficial, but one of the main reasons to have them is to run them automatically during a nightly build. Getting these tests to run in Visual Studio Team Services isn’t trivial. Here’s some tips on how to get them going. Setting up build definitions When…
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News|Apr 27, 2015

The Calm Before the Storm – Preparing for Microsoft Build 2015

Things have been fairly quiet on the developer front as Microsoft gets ready to put on its really big show in San Francisco, Build 2015.  Here’s a few things we’re looking forward to learning more about. Microsoft’s Build 2015 starts on Wednesday and its promising to be quite a show.  With a new version of…
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wintellect-blogs|Apr 3, 2014

What did he just say? – a cheat-sheet for the Build2014 Day-1 Keynote

dt { margin-top: 1em; } dd { margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; } p.quote { font-size: 150%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 2.5em; width: 24em; font-style: italic; } p.quote span.attribution { font-size: 50%; display: inline-block; clear: left; margin-left: 12em; font-style: normal; } There were lots of buzzwords flying around during today’s keynote presentations. Some…
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