Setting up Umbraco correctly with MSBuild

I\’ve worked with MSBuild on previous projects and was introduced to this and the fullness of MSBuild by Alistair Deneys a few years ago on a very complicated project which required that little bit of automation to reduce the work load for developers.

He posted a great article on this blog which has some of the great features in which MSBuild can be used, but to go that little step further some times you need to actually separate out MSBuild tasks and the standard Project file as well as do different tasks based on the build conditions for this i supply the following solution. This is all just default behaviour but just helps in reducing those pesky repetitive tasks.

Delete Work Items in TFS

Just found this great little UI tool for deleting work items in TFS.

http://devmatter.blogspot.com/2009/04/deleting-work-items-in-tfs-ui.html

You will need Team Foundation Server Power Tools installed.

jQuery High Contrast Detection

I had some spare time and through i would convert over my High Contrast Detection over to jQuery.
The solution is actually quite simple once you know how to look for High Contrast Mode.

Introduction
High Contrast is a mode of accessibility for visually impaired users, and can be easily activated by pressing “ALT+LEFT SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN”.  This needs to be addressed and the easiest way layouts resolved and catered for.