Static Pages - But it works on my PC! https://blog.richardfennell.net/staticpages.xml Static Page from But it works on my PC! Hugo -- gohugo.io en Richard Fennell (Richard Fennell) Richard Fennell (Richard Fennell) Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:11:58 +0000 presentations https://blog.richardfennell.net/presentations/ <p>Since the Summer of 2015 I have been storing any slides and samples for my public presentations on a <a href="https://github.com/rfennell/presentations">GitHub repo</a>, feel free to download them. </p> <p>The following are recordings of presentations I have made. Hopefully all the links are still active, but remember the external sites are not under my control</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Event</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Comment</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://shows.acast.com/the-grey-matter-podcast/episodes/secure-by-design-the-devsecops-mindset">Grey Matter Talks Tech</a></td> <td>Podcast</td> <td> 2025</td> <td>Guest on Grey Matter Talks Tech &lsquo;Secure by design: The DevSecOps mindset&rsquo;</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/console/apollox/mainEvent?&amp;eventid=4997493&amp;sessionid=1&amp;username=&amp;partnerref=&amp;format=fhvideo1&amp;mobile=&amp;flashsupportedmobiledevice=&amp;helpcenter=&amp;key=925FBA53595C0B90D262F5B1A9C917B3&amp;newConsole=true&amp;nxChe=true&amp;newTabCon=true&amp;consoleEarEventConsole=true&amp;consoleEarCloudApi=false&amp;text_language_id=en&amp;playerwidth=748&amp;playerheight=526&amp;eventuserid=770896916&amp;contenttype=A&amp;mediametricsessionid=662933860&amp;mediametricid=7020330&amp;usercd=770896916&amp;mode=launch">Grey Matter Webinar</a></td> <td>Webinar</td> <td> 2025</td> <td>Guest at Grey Matter Webinar &lsquo;Inside the Developer&rsquo;s Toolkit&rsquo;</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://shows.acast.com/the-grey-matter-podcast/episodes/inside-github">Grey Matter Talks Tech</a></td> <td>Podcast</td> <td> 2025</td> <td>Guest on Grey Matter Talks Tech &lsquo;Inside GitHub: The Platform Powering Open Sources&rsquo;</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://turbo360.com/podcast/relationship-between-devops-and-finops-and-azure-cost-management">FinOps on Azure Podcast</a></td> <td>Podcast</td> <td> 2024</td> <td>Guest with Mike Stephenson discussing where FinOps meets DevOps</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://info.microsoft.com/UK-AzureAppInno-VDEO-FY22-05May-16-Microsoft-and-GitHub-DevOps-Forum-DevSecOps-SRGCM6911-AID-3046920_LP01-Registration---Form-in-Body.html">Microsoft and GitHub DevOps Forum: DevSecOps</a></td> <td>Webcast</td> <td> 2022</td> <td>Guest speaker at Microsoft/Gitub event speaking on 3rd party security scanning</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaV3dFoQdV8&amp;t=332s">How can I automatically create Azure DevOps Release Notes &amp; how can I publish them</a></td> <td>DDD</td> <td> 2020</td> <td>Creating release notes with my Azure DevOps extensions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMQ0G9eXczE&amp;t=13s">Swapping my Azure DevOps Pipeline Extensions release process to use Multistage YAML pipelines.</a></td> <td>Webcast</td> <td> 2020</td> <td>Tips on migration to Azure DevOps Multistage YAML</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_F_4OB9Mg4&amp;t=668s">Introdution to GitHub Actions</a></td> <td>Webcast</td> <td> 2020</td> <td>A delivered at DDD14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCmwR-HdvSk&amp;index=1&amp;list=PLiP6RW7A4433fa1t77ZU4aq0DM08brY5t">&lsquo;Living the Dream&rsquo; real world DevOps</a></td> <td>Webcast</td> <td> 2017</td> <td>Rik and myself on DevOps with VSTS and ARM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://radiotfs.com/Show/136/RichardandRikSpringintoDevOps">RadioTFS Episode 136</a></td> <td>Podcast</td> <td> 2017</td> <td>Rik and myself with Greg on VSTS news and DevOps </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://techstringy.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/release-your-inner-dev-child-with-devops-richard-fennell-ep-14/">TechStringy Podcast - Interview</a></td> <td>Podcast</td> <td>2017</td> <td>My views on the current state of DevOps </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/events/TechDaysOnline/UK-TechDays-Online-2016/A-whistle-stop-tour-of-Visual-Studio-Team-Services-and-DevOps">A whistle stop tour of Visual Studio Team Services and DevOps</a></td> <td>Ch9 Video</td> <td> 2016</td> <td>Overview of DevOps with VSTS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/events/TechDaysOnline/UK-TechDays-Online-September-2016/DevTest-in-the-Cloud-with-Azure-and-Friends">Dev/Test in the Cloud with Azure and Friends</a></td> <td>Microsoft TechDays Online UK</td> <td>2016</td> <td>Dev/Test in the Cloud using Azurer DevTest Labs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://radiotfs.com/Show/117">RadioTFS Episode 117</a></td> <td>RadioTFS Podcast</td> <td> 2016</td> <td>A chat with the presenters on all things TFS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5-R4KbyCn4&amp;list=PLh-Ebab4Y6Lh09SnM63euerPW0-pauO7k&amp;index=8">MVP Panel session - DevOps Technology in a Windows World</a></td> <td>WinOps Conf</td> <td> 2016</td> <td> A panel discussion of DevOps Tooling. with Ryan Yates, Ed Wilson, Elton Stoneman and myself </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://l.email.microsoft.co.uk/rts/go2.aspx?h=36055&amp;tp=i-H43-84-oQ-8AA4-2G-3bw-1c-89YP-32yzA">How are you going to deploy that? A look at configuration as code</a> </td> <td>Note: You have to register/login to be able to view this content, but it is free to access. The link is to the event site&rsquo;s home page, it is not a deep link to my session</td> <td>Microsoft TechDays Online UK</td> <td>2015</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechDays/UK-Tech-Days/Visual-Studio-Team-Foundation-for-Everyone">Visual Studio Team Foundation for Everyone</a></td> <td>Microsoft UK TechDays</td> <td>2012</td> <td>Using TEE to extend the reach of TFS beyond the Microsoft eco-system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FREohi-47S8&amp;list=PLEA6C7FB5CD6818CF&amp;index=1&amp;feature=plpp_video">Unit testing in VS2012</a></td> <td>MVP Rocks UK &amp; Eire</td> <td>2012</td> <td>Using Test Explorer and TFS build to support different unit testing frameworks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://uktechdays.cloudapp.net/techdays-live/virtualisation-of-the-test-environment.aspx">Virtualisation of the Test Environment</a></td> <td>Microsoft UK TechDays</td> <td>2011</td> <td>Using TFS2010 Lab Management to manage testing environment for manual, automated and load testing.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.typemock.com/sharepoint-web-parts">Using Typemock Isolator to speed the development of SharePoint Web Parts</a></td> <td>Typemock webinar</td> <td>2011</td> <td>Showing how you can use Typemock Isolator to speed the development of SharePoint Webparts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-gb&amp;vid=3db86a73-16e1-409e-90a0-9fc56c46ce21">Putting some Testing into your TFS Build Process</a></td> <td>Microsoft UK TechDays</td> <td>2010</td> <td>An end to end demo of using Microsoft Test Manager 2010 with Lab Management to build, deploy and automatically test an application</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://streaming.ndc2010.no/tcs/?id=FE7C8B56-42E7-4F99-9C1C-F2BB0980F520">Putting Some Testing Into Your TFS Build</a> </br>(If stream does not work try <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1373839/NDC2010%20Sessions.torrent">NDC2010 Sessions Torrent</a>)</td> <td>NDC</td> <td>2010</td> <td>Another version of Tech Days session, I recommend the Tech Days version as I had to use a video as opposed to real kit in Norway as I was flying</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://streaming.ndc2010.no/tcs/?id=74F9C23C-BCF0-4863-9968-BB53C3C677D5">Developing Testable Web Parts for SharePoint</a> <br> (If stream does not work try <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1373839/NDC2010%20Sessions.torrent">NDC2010 Sessions Torrent</a>)</td> <td>NDC</td> <td>2010</td> <td>Showing how you can use Typemock Isolator to speed the development of SharePoint Webparts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://streaming.ndc2010.no/tcs/?id=54B70126-AF2C-4627-B47B-CDBE2BDEC8B1">Making Manual Testing a Part of Your Development Process</a> <br> (If stream does not work try <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1373839/NDC2010%20Sessions.torrent">NDC2010 Sessions Torrent</a>)</td> <td>NDC</td> <td>2010</td> <td>An demo of using Microsoft Test Manager 2010 to manage manual testing of software</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMKcxRLgkyY">Using Typemock Isolator and Ivonna for unit testing the UI</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>2010</td> <td>The title says it all</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://sqlbits.com/Sessions/Event4/Making_the_SQL_developer_one_of_the_family_with_Visual_Studio_Team_System">Making the SQL developer one of the family with Visual Studio Team System</a></td> <td>SQLBits</td> <td>2009</td> <td>An end to end demo of using the database development features in Visual Studio 2008 (basically the same process for VS2010)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Typemock/videos/18/">How Black Marble uses Typemock Isolator</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>2009</td> <td>The title says it all</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Since the Summer of 2015 I have been storing any slides and samples for my public presentations on a GitHub repo, feel free to download them. 

The following are recordings of presentations I have made. Hopefully all the links are still active, but remember the external sites are not under my control

Title Event Year Comment
Grey Matter Talks Tech Podcast  2025 Guest on Grey Matter Talks Tech ‘Secure by design: The DevSecOps mindset’
Grey Matter Webinar Webinar  2025 Guest at Grey Matter Webinar ‘Inside the Developer’s Toolkit’
Grey Matter Talks Tech Podcast  2025 Guest on Grey Matter Talks Tech ‘Inside GitHub: The Platform Powering Open Sources’
FinOps on Azure Podcast Podcast  2024 Guest with Mike Stephenson discussing where FinOps meets DevOps
Microsoft and GitHub DevOps Forum: DevSecOps Webcast  2022 Guest speaker at Microsoft/Gitub event speaking on 3rd party security scanning
How can I automatically create Azure DevOps Release Notes & how can I publish them DDD  2020 Creating release notes with my Azure DevOps extensions
Swapping my Azure DevOps Pipeline Extensions release process to use Multistage YAML pipelines. Webcast  2020 Tips on migration to Azure DevOps Multistage YAML
Introdution to GitHub Actions Webcast  2020 A delivered at DDD14
‘Living the Dream’ real world DevOps Webcast  2017 Rik and myself on DevOps with VSTS and ARM
RadioTFS Episode 136 Podcast  2017 Rik and myself with Greg on VSTS news and DevOps 
TechStringy Podcast - Interview Podcast 2017 My views on the current state of DevOps 
A whistle stop tour of Visual Studio Team Services and DevOps Ch9 Video  2016 Overview of DevOps with VSTS
Dev/Test in the Cloud with Azure and Friends Microsoft TechDays Online UK 2016 Dev/Test in the Cloud using Azurer DevTest Labs
RadioTFS Episode 117 RadioTFS Podcast  2016 A chat with the presenters on all things TFS
MVP Panel session - DevOps Technology in a Windows World WinOps Conf  2016  A panel discussion of DevOps Tooling. with Ryan Yates, Ed Wilson, Elton Stoneman and myself 
How are you going to deploy that? A look at configuration as code  Note: You have to register/login to be able to view this content, but it is free to access. The link is to the event site’s home page, it is not a deep link to my session Microsoft TechDays Online UK 2015
Visual Studio Team Foundation for Everyone Microsoft UK TechDays 2012 Using TEE to extend the reach of TFS beyond the Microsoft eco-system
Unit testing in VS2012 MVP Rocks UK & Eire 2012 Using Test Explorer and TFS build to support different unit testing frameworks
Virtualisation of the Test Environment Microsoft UK TechDays 2011 Using TFS2010 Lab Management to manage testing environment for manual, automated and load testing.
Using Typemock Isolator to speed the development of SharePoint Web Parts Typemock webinar 2011 Showing how you can use Typemock Isolator to speed the development of SharePoint Webparts
Putting some Testing into your TFS Build Process Microsoft UK TechDays 2010 An end to end demo of using Microsoft Test Manager 2010 with Lab Management to build, deploy and automatically test an application
Putting Some Testing Into Your TFS Build
(If stream does not work try NDC2010 Sessions Torrent)		 NDC 2010 Another version of Tech Days session, I recommend the Tech Days version as I had to use a video as opposed to real kit in Norway as I was flying
Developing Testable Web Parts for SharePoint
(If stream does not work try NDC2010 Sessions Torrent)		 NDC 2010 Showing how you can use Typemock Isolator to speed the development of SharePoint Webparts
Making Manual Testing a Part of Your Development Process
(If stream does not work try NDC2010 Sessions Torrent)		 NDC 2010 An demo of using Microsoft Test Manager 2010 to manage manual testing of software
Using Typemock Isolator and Ivonna for unit testing the UI - 2010 The title says it all
Making the SQL developer one of the family with Visual Studio Team System SQLBits 2009 An end to end demo of using the database development features in Visual Studio 2008 (basically the same process for VS2010)
How Black Marble uses Typemock Isolator - 2009 The title says it all
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This is the blog of Richard Fennell, I am the CTO of the Black Marble Ltd a Microsoft and GitHub Partner based in the North of England. Black Marble specialises in Integration projects using the AWS and Azure stacks.

As CTO I am responsible for the delivery of systems and tools to allow my company, and our clients, to deliver solutions efficiently. All Black Mable’s development activity is underpinned by Azure DevOps and GitHub using an agile process model. I am an MVP for Developer Technologies/DevOps, a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng)

I am a regular presenter at community events in the UK and Ireland (and the rest of the world given a chance) where my most common subjects are DevOps, software testing and the development process.

If you want to get in touch please reach out using social media

]]> reading https://blog.richardfennell.net/reading/ <style> * { box-sizing: border-box; } .row { display: flex; } /* Create three equal columns that sits next to each other */ .column { flex: 33.33%; padding: 5px; } .column img { max-width: 193px; max-height: 237.754px; } </style> <p>The following books are ones that I have found useful.</p> <h1 id="github--azure-devops-inc-tfs">GitHub &amp; Azure DevOps (Inc. TFS)</h1> <p>Books on specific tools and platforms do not age well, so I have not included many here. However, the following have been useful for understanding the tools and how to use them at various points in time.</p> <div class="row" style="display: flex;"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3HZkBzX"> <img alt="Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook: Proven recipes to accelerate your DevOps journey with Azure DevOps Server 2019 (formerly TFS), 2nd Edition" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91vFD+HcLCL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49b1zm4"> <img alt="Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51xbj0kaNWL._SY342_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3whkcpW"> <img alt="Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51k4TzxC0gL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column" style="flex: 20%; padding: 5px;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3OK4lXr"> <img alt="Accelerate DevOps with GitHub: Enhance software delivery performance with GitHub Issues, Projects, Actions, and Advanced Security" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Q3l3Zp17L._SY342_.jpg" > </a> </div> </div> <p><strong>ALM Rangers</strong> Some of the best resource for many TFS activities are the free <a href="http://aka.ms/vsarsolutions">ALM Rangers guidance</a></p> <h1 id="fundamentals">Fundamentals</h1> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3T29xs1"> <img alt="Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/515myo2UtFL._SY522_.jpg" ></a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/4dU9QNt"> <img alt="The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61U-ewXj7dL._SY466_.jpg" ></a> </div> <div class="column"> </div> </div> <h1 id="process--management">Process &amp; Management</h1> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49u9ICx"> <img alt="The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91JcL87vTPL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49B7Yqq"> <img alt="The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/810Ni+ALiWL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3SX3qFv"> <img alt="Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71k+3l72vYL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3I1aYRs"> <img alt="Professional Scrum Development with Azure DevOps (Developer Reference)" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Z8gX+YkhL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg" > </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3OEYBy7"> <img alt="Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/6129LpZa69L._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3OKP5JH"> <img alt="Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative: The New Imperative" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71BJJdpOKzL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49eksom"> <img alt="User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51zXFlolDAL._SY466_.jpg"> </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/48gdDRR"> <img alt="Freedom from Command and Control: A Better Way to Make the Work Work" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41qVbR+yMvL.jpg" > </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49BZQWD"> <img alt="Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91CMi+LGZiL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3HXeUlU"> <img alt="The Site Reliability Workbook: Practical Ways to Implement SRE" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/915+dyfxm0L._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/4bA9ZVQ"> <img alt="Turn The Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91vIBQGfysL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3we38kO"> <img alt="Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/813119A-hNL._SY466_.jpg"> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49u9ICx"> <img alt="Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/610Zj-stlSL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> </div> <div class="column"> </div> <div class="column"> </div> </div> <h1 id="testing">Testing</h1> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3SU66Uh"> <img alt="Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61K4UV59xyL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49rePmA"> <img alt="Art of Unit Testing, The: With Examples in JavaScript" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71r47c9HtOL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49vXclp"> <img alt="How We Test Software at Microsoft" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41+zHT2A5oL._SX342_SY445_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> </div> </div> <h1 id="design">Design</h1> <div class="row" style="display: flex;"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3SChymk"> <img alt="Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81tWoOTqAPL._SY466_.jpg"> </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/49b1zm4"> <img alt="Don&amp;#39;t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZhRUI8hpL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3SX0DvQ"> <img alt="Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91quawUTiVL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> </div> </div> <h1 id="secure-development">Secure Development</h1> <div class="row"> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3SXIvC4"> <img alt="Writing Secure Code (Developer Best Practices)" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61CA+1aII3L._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3UXSj0D"> <img alt="Code Complete (Developer Best Practices)" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Ib9oF8AuL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3SZk5sb"> <img alt="24 Deadly Sins of Software Security: Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81KaXYm0GaL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> <div class="column"> <a href="https://amzn.to/3SGfKbP"> <img alt="Threat Modeling (Microsoft Professional) by Frank Swiderski (2004-06-25)" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51wZ4iZeMKL._SY466_.jpg" > </a> </div> </div> * { box-sizing: border-box; } .row { display: flex; } /* Create three equal columns that sits next to each other */ .column { flex: 33.33%; padding: 5px; } .column img { max-width: 193px; max-height: 237.754px; }

The following books are ones that I have found useful.

GitHub & Azure DevOps (Inc. TFS)

Books on specific tools and platforms do not age well, so I have not included many here. However, the following have been useful for understanding the tools and how to use them at various points in time.

Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook: Proven recipes to accelerate your DevOps journey with Azure DevOps Server 2019 (formerly TFS), 2nd Edition
Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Accelerate DevOps with GitHub: Enhance software delivery performance with GitHub Issues, Projects, Actions, and Advanced Security

ALM Rangers Some of the best resource for many TFS activities are the free ALM Rangers guidance

Fundamentals

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence

Process & Management

The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business
Professional Scrum Development with Azure DevOps (Developer Reference)
Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative: The New Imperative
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))
Freedom from Command and Control: A Better Way to Make the Work Work
Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
The Site Reliability Workbook: Practical Ways to Implement SRE
Turn The Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing
Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art

Testing

Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software
Art of Unit Testing, The: With Examples in JavaScript
How We Test Software at Microsoft

Design

Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design
Don&#39;t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software

Secure Development

Writing Secure Code (Developer Best Practices)
Code Complete (Developer Best Practices)
24 Deadly Sins of Software Security: Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them
Threat Modeling (Microsoft Professional) by Frank Swiderski (2004-06-25)
]]> projects https://blog.richardfennell.net/projects/ <p>All my active personal projects are now stored on <a href="https://github.com/rfennell">Github</a></p> <p>You can find specific projects in the following locations (including legacy ones).</p> <h1 id="azure-devops-extensions">Azure DevOps Extensions</h1> <p>I have a number of extensiions for Azure DevOps, the most popular are detailed. They can be installed on Azure DevOps via the <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/search?term=fennell&amp;target=AzureDevOps&amp;category=All%20categories&amp;sortBy=Relevance">Azure DevOps Marketplace </a></p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Source</th> <th>Package</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Generate Release Notes</td> <td>Generates a markdown release notes file based on work items associated with a build</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/AzurePipelines">Github</a></td> <td><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=richardfennellBM.BM-VSTS-XplatGenerateReleaseNotes">Marketplace</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>WIKI Updater</td> <td>Updates content in a Git based WIKI</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/AzurePipelines">Github</a></td> <td><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=richardfennellBM.BM-VSTS-WIKIUpdater-Tasks">Marketplace</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>WIKI PDF Export</td> <td>Wrappers <a href="https://github.com/MaxMelcher/AzureDevOps.WikiPDFExport">Max Melcher&rsquo;s AzureDevOps.WikiPDFExport command line tool</a> that can be used to covert a WIKI to a PDF file.</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/AzurePipelines">Github</a></td> <td><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=richardfennellBM.BM-VSTS-WikiPDFExport-Tasks">Marketplace</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>YAML Documentation Generator</td> <td>Uses the task.json files within an extension package to build YAML usage documentation</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/AzurePipelines">Github</a></td> <td><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=richardfennellBM.BM-VSTS-YAMLGenerator">Marketplace</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Manifest Versioning</td> <td>Allows the versioning of DLLs, DacPACs, APPX and VSIX packages</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/AzurePipelines">Github</a></td> <td><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=richardfennellBM.BM-VSTS-Versioning-Task">Marketplace</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1 id="visual-studio-add-ins-and-templates">Visual Studio Add-ins and templates</h1> <p>The following items are add-ins or templates for Visual Studio can be installed via the <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/search?term=fennell&amp;target=VS&amp;category=All%20categories&amp;vsVersion=&amp;sortBy=Relevance">Visual Studio Gallery</a></p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Source</th> <th>Package</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Parameters XML Generator</td> <td>A Visual Studio add-in to generate a parameters.xml from a web.config file for use with MSDeploy (not there is as VS 2019/2019 version and 2022 in separate packages)</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/ParametersXmlAddin">Github</a></td> <td><a href="https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/cbf2764d-d205-49d6-810f-25324402c3a9?SRC=Home">VS Gallery</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>MsTest Wrapper for nUnit</td> <td>T4 Generator for MsTest Wrappers For nUnit Tests, it dynamically creates MsTest wrappers for nUnit tests at build time</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/T4GenerateMsTestWrappersForNunitTests">Github</a></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1 id="azure-devops-api-scripts">Azure DevOps API Scripts</h1> <p>A selection of Scripts using different TFS/VSTS APIs are available in this <a href="https://github.com/rfennell/VSTSPowershell">Github repo</a></p> <p> </p> <h1 id="other-projects">Other projects</h1> <p> The following projects are other projects, not specifically related to TFS</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Source</th> <th>Package</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>StyleCop Command Line</td> <td>A command line wrapper for StyleCop so it can be called from the command prompt for PowerShell scripts</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/StyleCopCmdLine">Github</a></td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/StyleCopCmdLine">Github</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1 id="in-active-projects">In-active projects</h1> <p> The following projects are not activally being developed</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Source</th> <th>Package</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>TFS Alerts DSL</td> <td>Python based DSL that allows the easy scripting of actions when a TFS Alert is received (Moved from CodePlex)</td> <td>(Superceeded by <a href="https://github.com/rfennell/VSTSServiceHookDsl">VSTS Service Hook DSL</a>)</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/tfsalertsdsl">GitHub</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>GUI Tester</td> <td>An attribute based library to aid the testing of user interfaces (Moved from CodePlex)</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/rfennell/GuiTester">GitHub</a></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> All my active personal projects are now stored on Github

You can find specific projects in the following locations (including legacy ones).

Azure DevOps Extensions

I have a number of extensiions for Azure DevOps, the most popular are detailed. They can be installed on Azure DevOps via the Azure DevOps Marketplace 

Title Description Source Package
Generate Release Notes Generates a markdown release notes file based on work items associated with a build Github Marketplace
WIKI Updater Updates content in a Git based WIKI Github Marketplace
WIKI PDF Export Wrappers Max Melcher’s AzureDevOps.WikiPDFExport command line tool that can be used to covert a WIKI to a PDF file. Github Marketplace
YAML Documentation Generator Uses the task.json files within an extension package to build YAML usage documentation Github Marketplace
Manifest Versioning Allows the versioning of DLLs, DacPACs, APPX and VSIX packages Github Marketplace

Visual Studio Add-ins and templates

The following items are add-ins or templates for Visual Studio can be installed via the Visual Studio Gallery

Title Description Source Package
Parameters XML Generator A Visual Studio add-in to generate a parameters.xml from a web.config file for use with MSDeploy (not there is as VS 2019/2019 version and 2022 in separate packages) Github VS Gallery
MsTest Wrapper for nUnit T4 Generator for MsTest Wrappers For nUnit Tests, it dynamically creates MsTest wrappers for nUnit tests at build time Github

Azure DevOps API Scripts

A selection of Scripts using different TFS/VSTS APIs are available in this Github repo

 

Other projects

 The following projects are other projects, not specifically related to TFS

Title Description Source Package
StyleCop Command Line A command line wrapper for StyleCop so it can be called from the command prompt for PowerShell scripts Github Github

In-active projects

 The following projects are not activally being developed

Title Description Source Package
TFS Alerts DSL Python based DSL that allows the easy scripting of actions when a TFS Alert is received (Moved from CodePlex) (Superceeded by VSTS Service Hook DSL) GitHub
GUI Tester An attribute based library to aid the testing of user interfaces (Moved from CodePlex) GitHub
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