Microsoft DevLabs released a new version of Code Contracts yesterday, for both .NET 3.5 and 4.0 frame­works. You can download it at http://​msdn​.microsoft​.com/​e​n​-​u​s​/​d​e​v​l​a​b​s​/​d​d​4​9​1​992.aspx.

Included in the new build are bug fixes and some nifty new features, such as the [ContractArgumentValidator] attribute to mark helper methods that perform if-​​then-​​throw style para­meter vali­dation (so the tools can recognize legacy "requires" methods) and the [ContractAbbreviator] attribute to mark methods that contain reusable Contract.Requires and Contract.Ensures calls.

Crispin Parker has written a very inter­esting post on the basics of EMC2's free Scrum for Team System v3 process template. Recommended!

EMC2 (formerly Conchango) has released its much-​​awaited Scrum for Team System v3 template for Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010. The template is available in 2 versions, x86 and x64. This is great news for us Scrum for TFS fans, who have been using the RC version for a few months now.

See the Process Guidance to see what features this template provides. It is quite different from what MSF Agile 5, which is also based on Scrum, provides. Some concepts such as accep­tance test work items are shared.

The Scrum template also works with the new TFS 2010 features such as project collec­tions and events.