Setting Sail with the Smuggling Pattern :: Part 1

adronbhall.com — Maybe because I'm often entertained by the geekiest of things, I've started usage of the Smuggling Pattern named after a fellow software architect Matt Davis's terminology of smuggling data into and out of Excel. It is something that I've lately needed to do on a regular basis, get data into and out of Excel without Excel, or at least the evil COM Interop Model, really knowing what is going on. In other words, I want total programmatic control over data so I can trust it versus Excel mangling my poor data up. This is what the Smuggling Pattern is going to do for me, and it is doing it well. Now you might think, "WTF!" But just to clarify, the Smuggling Pattern is really the Builder Pattern that we architects know and love with a cooler more fun more pirate like name! So with that, here's some of that code, and the TDD process I undertook to get this sucker built to set sail. read more...

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Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse - Behavior Driven Development Part I

submitted by birdchest 6 days, 11 hours ago

monstersgotmy.net — Behavior driven development example using the walking dead. read more...

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IoC By Way Of Simple Event Raising: Part 1

jondavis.net — Does dependency injection really have to be that hard?? I don't think so. read more...

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Implementing a Repository and Specificaiton pattern using Linq

codeinsanity.com — In my previous post I put down some thoughts on the Repository and Specification patterns and in the end said that with the introduction of Linq and the growing popularity of ORM frameworks and their support for Linq, it’s time to look back at these two patterns and see how we can leverage Linq to simplify the patterns and make them infrastructure agnostic. read more...

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Bundle SQL script with build process using MSBuild

weblogs.asp.net — We are making a sample application , demo or startup kit or a toolkit with test project that requires some sql script. We generally ship in a readme.txt that says it all. But hey, how about having the script under automated process , like if my sql server and VS 2008 is in place, with the click of Ctrl + Shift + B everything gets ready. Here, we will do just right that. ... read more...

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Top .NET Developer Resources

fitnessconnections.com — A comprehensive list of resources which can be utilized to keep skills sharp and stay on top of the latest industry trends. read more...

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Do you know Silverlight has an inbuilt native RSS Reader?

submitted by wisemx 7 days, 12 hours ago

blogs.msdn.com — Interesting, I keep asking this question a lot and the responses I get are something that un-nerves me. In that, in Silverlight there is a native RSS Reader built in, so the ability to consume an RSS Feed is so easy, it's almost cheating (Sharepoint readers, pay attention here). The secret to this can be found in the namespace: read more...

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12 Unit Testing Tips for Software Engineers

published 7 days, 7 hours ago, submitted by Jemm 7 days, 15 hours ago

readwriteweb.com — "In this post we look at a dozen unit testing tips that software engineers can apply, regardless of their programming language or environment." read more...

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