I was doing some work today where I needed to fake out a SPWeb object. No problem you think, I am using Typemock Isolator so I just use the line var fakeWeb = Isolate.Fake.Instance(); But I got the error Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.SPWebConstructor(SPSite site, String url, Boolean bExactWebUrl, SPRequest request) Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb..ctor(SPSite, site, String url) eo.CreateFakeInstance[T](Members behavior, Constructor constructorFlag, Constructor baseConstructorFlag, Type baseType, Object[] ctorArgs) eo.Instance[T](Members behavior) (Points to the SPWeb web line as source of error) TypeMock.MockManager.a(String A_0, String A_1, Object A_2, Object A_3, Boolean A_4, Object[] A_5) TypeMock.InternalMockManager.getReturn(Object that, String typeName, String methodNAme, Object methodParameters, Boolean isInjected) (Points to line 0 of my test class) ...

I have at last worked all the way through setting up my portable end to end demo of testing using Windows Test and Lab Manager. The last error I had to resolve was the tests not running in the lab environment (though working locally on the development PC). My the Lab Workflow build was recorded as a partial success i.e. it built, it deployed but all the tests failed. I have not found a way to see the detail of why the tests failed in VS2010 Build Explorer. However, if you: ...

I have been looking at TFS 2010 Lab Manager recently. One problem I had was that using the sample code from the Lab Manager Blog Walkthru the building of the CALC ASP.NET web site failed on the build server, I got an error ASPNETCOMPILER: error 1003 The directory ‘c:build1LabWalkthruCalculator –BuildCalc’ does not exist. and the build service was right it didn’t exist; it should have been ‘c:build1LabWalkthruCalculator –BuildSourceCalc’. This was due to a problem detailed here. The Solution file had the wrong path in the Debug.AspNetCompiler.PhysicalPath property. It was set to “..Calc” when it should have been “.Calc”. Once this was altered the build could find the files. ...

I recently been working with a client who has been seeing strange problems when they try to create new workitems via a SharePoint portal site on a TFS2010 Beta2 installation. They appeared to have a fully working TFS2010 installation, but when they came in on a morning they found that even though they could login to the TFS created SharePoint team site they could not create a new workitems, they got an “Error 403 Access Forbidden”. ...

Seems I missed an interesting at session at DDD8, Barry Dorrans’ final DDD performance, with assistance with of other speakers. Barry you will be missed Update 5 Feb, links to the interruptions Plip’s Book Advert. Liam’s Eulogy. Colin Mackay’s new source of presentations. Craig Murphy insulting not one but two ex-UK community folks.

Next months Agile Yorkshire meeting (10th Feb) is an open floor meeting - any subject, any format, 10 minute maximum. If you fancy doing something in one of the 10 minute slots - whether it is a presentation, a demonstration, a discussion around a problem area - then visit http://www.agileyorkshire.org/event-announcements/10Feb2010 to register your idea. Presentations can be marked as provisional if you like the idea but are unsure until later whether you will be ready, available, etc. ...

Whilst preparing demo’s for [our design event next week](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Understanding the Microsoft Design and Digital Agency Proposition) I hit a problem with the out of browser experience in Silverlight 3. I had decided to add the out of browser settings to our 2009 Christmas Card Silverlight application. To do this all you need to do is check a box on the project settings I ran the application in the browser and all was OK, I right clicked to installed it to the desktop and it ran OK but I got an empty white screen ...

After attending Eileen Brown’s session on [Social networking last night](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Using Digital Marketing and Social Media to Build and Maintain your Online Brand&Code=), I though I should make more of an effort. So I am giving Twitter Notify a try, so at least there is some activity on my Twitter account when I blog.

I recently decided to build a demo system for VS2010 Lab Manager. This was for a number of reasons, not least I just wanted to have a proper play with it, but also that I was hoping to do a session on Microsoft Test and Lab Manager at DDD8 (as it turns out my session did not get voted for, maybe better luck for DDS, you can still vote for that conference’s sessions). ...

Last week I got into an interesting discussion via email with Nieve a developer from Lille, France.The chat was on the uptake of Agile and Alt.Net practices in places a bit away from the major development hotspots. We both thought it could make an interesting post so, here goes, starting with Nieve’s first post….. Hello there,I’ve stumbled upon your blog while googling for the terms alt.net yorkshire.I’m a .NET developer working in Paris and living in the north of France (Lille area). Now, the reason I’m writing is that we’re having an alt.net lunch next month, and I would like to talk a bit about the differences between the (alt).net communities in france and england. Now since I did my studies in Leeds, the fact that yorkshire and la région du nord are (surprise surprise) in the north (plus a shared history of mines) brought me to google for alt.net and yorkshire.Over here in Lille/the north of France the situation is rather grim. job offers that entail agile practices and or tools in .NET environment are as rare as an eclipse, managers and developers alike are literally afraid of any framework/tool that isn’t microsoft yet somehow miraculously written in a .net language. I suppose you get the picture. I was wondering if you would mind sharing with me (and/or others, on your blog) your thoughts on the situation in yorkshire. ...