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Singleton WCF Proxy

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:45:55 GMT

Javi shows how to implement WCF singleton proxies with Castle taking into account faulted state scenarios.

"Mock" Backend for Castle ActiveRecord

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:36 GMT

Testing code that uses Castle ActiveRecord business objects requires some sort of back end for persistence. This approach allows you to use a "mock" back end with ActiveRecord so that you don't need to rely on a file system or database service to unit test your services.

Comparing .NET DI (IoC) Frameworks, Part 2

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:46:03 GMT

A second part of popular IoC frameworks comparison.

Comparing .NET DI (IoC) Frameworks, Part 1

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:18:44 GMT

A first part of feature comparison between the most popular DI (IoC) Frameworks: Castle, Unity, Autofac, Ninject, StructureMap and Spring.Net.

BREAKING NEWS! Castle Project Lead Hamilton Verissimo Joins Microsoft

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:31:03 GMT

In a strategic move on Microsoft's part that has the open source community buzzing, the well-known and respected founder of the Castle Project Hamilton Verissimo has accepted a position with Microsoft's MEF group.

Integrating Castle Windsor and NHibernate with WCF - Throwing the WCF

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:13:28 GMT

About integrating Castle Windows and NHibernate with WCF making use of Rhino tools

Really simple .NET remoting with Castle

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:56:55 GMT

Simplified calls to remote services are among the most useful features of the Java Spring framework. In .NET, I use Castle for the application framework wiring and I was looking for something similar - it turns out that the remote proxy calls are incredibly simple with Castle as well.

Dependency Injection in WCF Services Part 4

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:20:15 GMT

In this post, Javi shows how to apply parameter validation in WCF services using Castle WCF facility and the Enterprise Library Validation Block.

ActiveRecorditize your NHibernate Classes

Fri, 23 May 2008 10:16:02 GMT

Part 3 of RhinoCommons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC Setting up the very simple model for use in our ASP.NET MVC application.

RhinoCommons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC Part 1

Tue, 20 May 2008 18:31:12 GMT

Using Rhino Commons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC for quick website development. Part 1 (Setting everything up)

Dependency Injection in WCF Services Part 3

Sat, 17 May 2008 12:17:29 GMT

After Javi explained in the first post these series the problems you may run into when applying Dependency Injection in your distributed service layer, and in the second one how to put the theory in practice using Castle Windsor WCF Facility, in this post Javi explains how to appy cross cutting concerns upon your Service Objects using Castle Interceptors.

WPF + INotifyPropertyChanged Proxy = Epic Fail!

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:37:56 GMT

Sending property changed events when a property is changed is repetitive boilerplate code that can be factored out into an aspect of your system's behaviour. This can be done with a proxy generator library like the Castle's DynamicProxy2. Alas, it is not as pretty as it seems...

Dependency Injection in WCF Services Part 2

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:16:02 GMT

In this second post of this series, Javi explains with an example how to apply Dependency Injection pattern in a WCF service using Castle and its WCF facility.

Dependency Injection in WCF Services

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:16:02 GMT

Javi explains the problems you may run into when applying Dependency Injection in your distributed service layer and some of the available solutions to get them around, mainly focusing WCF services.

IoC Container Benchmark

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:46:02 GMT

Performance benchmark of Unity, Windsor, StructureMap and Spring.NET. Interesting.

So, how expensive is it to let Castle Windsor / Spring.NET make my obj

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:46:07 GMT

I was getting increasingly curious about the overhead of using a Dependency Injection-container to provide me with instances of my objects. With overhead I mean if and how much longer it takes for the DI container to provide me with the desired instance.

IoC and the Unity Application Block Once Again

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:16:10 GMT

Interesting post about IoC containers, comparing Castle Windsor Container, StructureMap and Unity.

Explicit Strongly Typed Selective Proxies (CORRECTED)

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:59:37 GMT

"How could I dynamically create a proxy around an object (interface based proxies are not a problem) and then selectively apply interceptors at a method by method level if necessary?".

CodeMash Open Space Podcast: Open Source on .net

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:46:04 GMT

From the recent CodeMash conference: an Open Spaces talk discussing Open Source software on the .net platform - and WebDevRadio just happened to be there and got it all on tape... err, digitally recorded.

Foundations of Programming - Part 7 - Active Record by Karl Seguin

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:44:02 GMT

The author gives a short summary about what ActiveRecord is and explains the difference between Subsonic/Castle and a O/R mapper (nHibernate).

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor IV

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:53:35 GMT

Last article of the series. It tackles Lifestyles, facilities, lifecycles and release policy.

Essential MonoRail

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:01:03 GMT

Describes the bare minimum, essential code only, to get Caslte's MonoRail to render content. Visual Studio not needed.

Validation in Monorail

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:31:52 GMT

A simple how-to describing all that needs to be in place to enable both client and server side validation using Castle Monorail

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor III

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:46:02 GMT

Third article of a 4 parts series about IoC and DI with Castle Windsor Container. This article tackles configuration properties, includes, type converters, decorators and configuration conditional statements. Any feedback, questions, ratings are welcome and will be answered as soon as possible.

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor II

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:16:02 GMT

Second article of a 4 parts series about IoC and DI with Castle Windsor Container. This article continues the discussion initiated in the previous one and tackles compulsory and optional dependencies, component injection and collections. Any feedback, questions, ratings are welcome and will be answered as soon as possible on the article page.