Resolving Azure DevOps Build Error “data at the root level is invalid” in dotnet test

When you try to execute dotnet test with test assemblies in Azure DevOps builds built with Visual Studio 2019 you may run into an error “data at the root level is invalid”. Let’s look at how to solve this issue and get the tests executed in the Azure DevOps build pipelines.

Using VS Code Extension for Azure Pipeline–Part1

Visual Studio Code is becoming a popular code editing tool in all platforms, Recently VS Code was added with Azure Pipeline extension which can generate YAML based pipeline code. The extension assists in writing YAML pipeline code providing IntelliSense. Let’s look at how we can get started with the Azure Pipeline extension to generate a YAML base pipeline.