The time has finally come for the official release and availability of Windows Developer Power Tools. I briefly posted about the book before, but it was during the editing process and before the release of the book. I received my copy of the book about a week ago and it feels great to see everything in print. The book is a great reference guide and well worth the money. I still haven’t made it all the way through the book, but I learn something new every time I sit down and flip through it.
James and Jim have done a great job of writing and pulling together tool authors and contributors for the book. The book covers a lot of breadth and is well worth the time to read through the book.
The articles that I contributed to the book included:
- Finding Changes Between Assembly Versions with LibCheck
- Integrating Mock Objects into Your Testing with NMock 2.0
- Automating Web Application Testing with Selenium Core
- Extending MSBuild Capabilities with MSBuild Community Tasks
- Improving Team Communication and Collaboration with Basecamp
- Examining Logs with LogParser
There’s some great stuff in the book and it serves as a wonderful overview of many different tools.
Here are the steps that you need to go through to get a WCF service hosted in IIS7. I’ve had to track down this information a few different times, so I thought it was worth posting. The documentation for all of this exists, it’s just scattered and you can find multiple sets of instructions for hosting .svc files due to the changes in the earlier builds of Vista.
The first thing you need to do is install IIS7. To do this, go to Control Panel > Programs > “Turn Windows features on or off”
Select “Internet Information Services” and then drill down and make sure that ASP.Net is checked.
The next thing you need to do is install the other bits and pieces that WCF need to have to run in IIS. You can do this by running the command prompt (be sure to run as Administrator) and run ServiceModelReg.exe -i.
Now you should be good to go.
I was tagged by James, so here’s my five things…
- I left college for a year to move to Mammoth and snowboard. It was one of those life-changing experiences that I will never regret. I’ve been snowboarding for over 15 years and I’ve had a pass at one resort or another for 14 of those past 15 years. I love it when people ask me in interviews about the gap in my schooling and I can honestly say “I had to go snowboarding.”
- I’ve worked for 10 companies in the past 8 years. Not consulted for 10 companies, but I’ve been a full time employee at 10 companies. A lot of the transitions are due to acquisitions, but that’s still a lot of benefit forms to fill out.
- I write more in Moleskine than I do on my blog. There’s just something about good paper, a pencil, and some glue.
- I’m a sucker for design. I’m fascinated with graffiti, poster art, designer toys, photography, modern art, minimalist architecture, and information visualizations.
- I’ve lived in three states in the past three years. Ohio, Colorado, and now in North Carolina. I moved to Ohio for work, Colorado for snow, and North Carolina to be close to the beach.
I’m tagging Matt, Scott, Cole, John, and Ani.
