How I'm Using BlogEngine.NET Part 1

adronbhall.com — BlogEngine.NET does not currently do multiple blogs per installation of the web application. I know this is supposed to change in the future, but I needed a solution now. The easiest fix really, and the previous Community Server Engine installation lent itself well to this, was to just create a web application for each blog I was going to have. read more...

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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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TDD, Architecture and Testing Code in Isolation :: Part 3

adronbhall.com — Ok, ok, ok, the other two parts where lean on the unit tests. Now we get down to the mocking, faking, and testing. The first two tests I wrote have to do with the UserListing Entity. Once again, since we're in a situation were thing are generated by LINQ, I'm not really sure of a solid reason, or how, to write tests that fail first. How would one do that for testing entities? I'm not sure but here are my first two that run returning green lights. read more...

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TDD, Architecture and Testing Code in Isolation :: Part 1

adronbhall.com — Just a few examples here. First we'll setup the basic architecture from the lowest common denominator - the database - bounce up to the first layer, and test in isolation and test in integration. These examples are simply the easiest ways to test the basic data and data access layer using Stubs, Mocks, and general unit test practices. irst off here are the pieces of the architecture that you'll NEED regardless. No real coding in this entry (except for the T-SQL), just setting up the solution to put the tests in and have the initial database architecture setup. The part 2 entry will have more on the testing, and part 3 will have actual functional code tests and implementations - after all, I'm working this up in a test driven development mentality - "mostly". read more...

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Loosely Coupled Human Code Factory - A.K.A. Mercenary Engineer : Takin

adronbhall.com — Another quickie tip o' the day. When the build is broken in TeamCity, a good habit to gain is to "Take Responsibility" for the broken build. Whoever broke it, or more specifically whoever is fixing it, should click on "Take Responsibility" so that others know that it is being fixed. read more...

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Loosely Coupled Human Code Factory - A.K.A. Mercenary Engineer : TeamC

adronbhall.com — For the .NETters that use TeamCity there are two primary notification tools. The first is a tray icon tool and the second is a VS.NET plug-in. Both of these notification tools can be found on the TeamCity Build Server Site. Go to the user settings section and download the notification tools. I'm just going to go over the tray icon notification tool right now and maybe the VS.NET notification tool add in later. read more...

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Smugmug and Windows Live Writer Plugin, via Teamprise Source Client

adronbhall.com — I officially joined the effort for the Windows Live Writer called smugmug4writer for Smugmug, currently maintained by Chris Patterson. I've found myself using the plugin so much while writing entries that I finally decided I'd contact him and see about doing some additions. Thus I put together this quick tutorial on how to get connected with Visual Studio and Teamprise to work on CodePlex Projects. Specifically, I've set it up to work on the smugmug4writer. Feel free to come join us and check out the cool features of this software application. read more...

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Unit Tests Don't Work on Cubes

adronbhall.com — I've been building web sites for a while now. I've been writing code, object oriented style for the better part of a decade. Unit testing I've been doing for all of about 1-2 years to various degrees. Nothing super advanced yet, and slowly I'm getting some of the more advanced unit testing methods figured out. Not so much advanced, but just newer methods for testing in different situations. So now I've figured out web service unit tests, database unit tests, and all sorts of other ways to unit test things. So my question is, how does one unit test a cube? read more...

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