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If you use the database unit testing feature of VS2010 there is a good chance you will want to run these tests on more than one PC and probably the build server. The issue is that these different PC will need different deployment paths and SQL connection strings. Luckily there is a feature to address this, as detailed on MSDN. Basically the test runner swaps in a different config file based on either the PC name or user running the tests....

If you look on the Black Marble web site you will find listing of the free events we are running up to the end of the year and into the new year. This year our events include 12 Oct 2011 [Re-Build – IT ](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Re-Build - IT)[Re-Build – Dev](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Re-Build - Dev) Black Marble will bring you the key announcements and developments from Microsoft Build about Windows 8 17 Nov 2011 [Delivering High Impact WebSites with SharePoint](http://www....

I have in the past posted about developing SharePoint web parts without having to use a SharePoint server by using Typemock Isolator. This technique relies on using Cassini or IIS Express as the web server to host the aspx page that in turn contains the webpart. This is all well and good for SharePoint 2007, but we get a problem with SharePoint 2010 which seems to be due to 32/64bit issues....

I am doing a free webinar on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 3:00 PM BST with the title “Using Typemock Isolator to speed the development of SharePoint Web Parts”. For more details have a look at http://www.typemock.com/webinars the details should be up soon

The agenda is up for DDDNorth, seems .JS related subjects are the fashionable topics for this conference. As I suspected my session on build customisation did not make the cut, just not cool enough! As with all DDD events the event is free, but the place tend to go quickly. I think this DDD has 300 spaces so I suggest you register quickly to avoid disappointment