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Taking a look at the various ways to implement Binding in Asp.Net MVC

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:46:13 GMT

A short screen casts that takes a look at the various ways to implement Binding in Asp.Net MVC

NHibernate SchemaValidator

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:41:47 GMT

In this post Tuna tells about a new NHibernate feature: NHibernate SchemaValidator

VisualSVN 1.6 Released

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:11 GMT

VisualSVN team released the new and improved version of the professional Subversion integration for Microsoft Visual Studio - VisualSVN 1.6. This release brings significant usability improvements such as Quick Revert, editor-aware status and Hot Switch features.

Emergent Complexity

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:31:04 GMT

Why is it that our well designed systems seem to fall into chaos so easily?

An interview with Roy Osherove author of "The Art of Unit Testing"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:46:02 GMT

A short interview with Roy Osherove, author of a new book "The Art of Unit Testing" and known blogger, who works on Typemock Isolator.

Blisteringly fast Integration Tests with NHibernate and SQLite

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:46:02 GMT

Intergration tests can be slow and can be painful to run often. In this post I cover using SQLite with NHibernate, and automatically switching between SQLite and SQL Server

It is BDUF, not DUF

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:16:03 GMT

A lot of developers think that agile development represents doing no design up front. That we will figure out what we want to do and then just jump right into coding it without any concern for what we are going to build. Then we will just come back later, refactor the whole thing, and voila, instant working application. Well, it just doesn't work that way.

.NET 3.5 SP1 Get*CustomModifiers bugs

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:46:03 GMT

Oren Eini describes new bugs in .NET 3.5 SP1 with ParameterInfo.GetRequiredCustomModifiers and ParameterInfo.GetOptionalCustomModifiers

Foundations of Programming - Learning Application

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:46:10 GMT

If you're anything like me, you probably learn a lot better by going through code rather than reading books. I'm happy to release the Foundations of Programming Learning Application - it's a complete solution meant to show what was covered in the Foundations series.

ASP.NET MVC ActionResult TDD Helper

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:43:55 GMT

Simplyify asserting returned ActionResults with these handy extension methods.

Creating great thumbnails in ASP.NET

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:01:03 GMT

The built in function for creating thumbnails in ASP.NET is extremely convenient and very simple to implement. The trouble is that it produces relatively poor quality results and excessively large file sizes. The thumbnails tend to look very muddy when using this route, but many times it's good enough for whatever your needs may be.

ASP.NET MVC: MVC Storefront, Part 5

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:16:02 GMT

In this webcast I create a fictional curveball, wherein the "client" sent some test data that they finally were able to get their IT department to extract. In reviewing the test data, I find some very interesting changes to the DB that I need to make...

47 ASP.NET MVC Resources to Rock Your Development

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Get the grand tour of today's best ASP.NET MVC resources

Developer Day Scotland

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:28:12 GMT

Developer Day in Glasgow on the 10th of May at the Caledonian University

Five recommendations for starting a startup with ASP.NET

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:16:03 GMT

Here are five practical pieces of advice for developers who want to build a web startup, and use ASP.NET to do it.

Scotland ALT.NET user Group

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:49:47 GMT

A Scottish group dedicated to spreading the word on alternative practices than those prescribed by Microsoft in

VisualSVN 1.4 Released

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:31:02 GMT

The best Visual Studio add-in for working with Subversion has released an update. A couple new features and a lot of bug fixes.

Subversion visually explained in 30 sec

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:16:02 GMT

A simple flash explantion of Subversion with 2 concurrent users. Includes conflict solving.

From Developer to Technical Manager

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:16:03 GMT

Organizations with an outdated organizational structure have got to wake up and change before it's too late. They will either lose or ruin their people. Either way, the company loses because people are the company.

LINQ to NHibernate in LINQPad

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:16:03 GMT

LINQPad is like Query Analyzer for LINQ queries. Out of the box it does LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Objects, and LINQ to XML. Wouldn't it be nice if it did LINQ to NHibernate as well? Here's how. The setup process is a bit tedious, but you only need to do it once.

Don't Use Double.Nan

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:01:02 GMT

Comparison of a double with double.Nan (Not a Number) will always return false. If we want to check whether a specific double is...

Finding a C# library to decode MP3's

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:46:02 GMT

Mp3Sharp bills itself as being able to "decode MP3 Files natively in .NET using a Managed application written in C#." Perfect! And it does just that. It's pretty darn easy.

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, People

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:46:13 GMT

A brief discussion of the Rob Conery TDD backlash, and what it says about open-source on .NET, and the community at large.

Functional Programming - Is it worth your time?

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:13:36 GMT

Functional Programming is probably simpler than you think. It's based on the idea that there is often very little distinction between programs an data. This post explores the simple techniques that gives functional programming so much power. Examples are in C#.

C# access modifiers quick reference

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:43:27 GMT

This article is for beginners but even if you are an expert this article may be useful as a quick reminder when the brain cells slow down - hey, I will probably need it soon.