
Use pull request decoration in Azure DevOps with SonarCloud
How to use SonarCloud pull request analysis, pull request decoration and quality gates in Azure DevOps. Continue reading Use pull request decoration in Azure DevOps with SonarCloud
How to use SonarCloud pull request analysis, pull request decoration and quality gates in Azure DevOps. Continue reading Use pull request decoration in Azure DevOps with SonarCloud
In one of our Hackathons, we had the idea to create an Alexa skill to work with Azure DevOps Boards. The idea is, that you stand in a daily standup before a none touch display and can move your items … Continue reading Alexa, open Azure DevOps
Right now, there’s no way to fail your pipeline in Azure DevOps (a.k.a Visual Studio Team Services, VSTS) when your SonarQube Quality Gate fails. To do this you have to call the SonarQube REST API from your pipeline. Here is … Continue reading Fail your Azure DevOps pipeline if SonarQube Quality Gate fails
How to get .NET Core Code Analysis to SonarQube including Code Coverage. Continue reading .NET Core, SonarQube and Code Coverage
10 years ago, books were the most important medium for developers to learn new things, and to keep up with the innovation in the industry. This has changed completely. In our fast-paced industry, blog posts and social media are the … Continue reading 8 Books every developer should read
Finding the best git branching strategy for the teams in your organisation. Continue reading Git Branching Guidance for DevOps Teams
I always have multiple devices on my desk. Normally it my laptop and my tablet. I’ve always been looking for a way to control all devices from a single mouse and keyboard. I tried the Microsoft Foldable Keyboard which can switch between multiple devices – but it is too small to use it on a regular basis. Now my friend Thomas suggested that I try Mouse Without Borders – a garage project from Microsoft. And I’m really impressed! This is a real productivity gain. Just install the little tool on all your machines – and as long as they are … Continue reading Control multiple machines with a single mouse and keyboard
Most “Clean Code schools” treat it as a kind of personal mastery. You achieve certain skills and levels, learn patterns and practices. But how does Clean Code relate to technical debt in a modern, team oriented DevOps world? Development of … Continue reading Clean Code is a team sport!
Developing behind a proxy always has its challenges. I’ve already blogged about using git for windows behind a proxy. But the TFS server itself normally does not have to connect to the internet. This changes if you want to use the Package Management extension with NPM and upstream to public sources. If you are using TFS 2017 with Update 2, the simplest way to configure your TFS server to use the corporate proxy is to configure a proxy server in “Internet Properties” in IE on the server that TFS is running on. TFS will respect the settings because it follows … Continue reading Use the VSTS Package Management Extension behind a Proxy
Today I released a Visual Studio Team Service (VSTS) Plugin for FeatureSwitcher – an open source .NET project to help you with FeatureFlags. The FeatureSwitcher.VstsConfiguration allows you to store and manage FeatureFlags as WorkItems in VSTS. Getting started The package … Continue reading VSTS Plugin for FeatureSwitcher