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Alt.NET Podcast Episode 9: The State of IronRuby

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:31:13 GMT

Learn about Ruby, why you should check it out, and what the status is on the IronRuby project,

Does the Fluent NHibernate create static XML mapping files?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:40:57 GMT

This was one of the first questions I had when I started learning about the Fluent Nhibernate API. In this article, I want to explain why the API does not need to create static XML files. This API can create static XML files, but it is not necessary.

StructureMap users mailing list setup

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:19:01 GMT

Support and user discussion of StructureMap is being moved from the SourceForge forums to the new Google Groups mailing list. Please subscribe here instead of using the SF forums from now own. Thanks!

Exploring ShadeTree Features, Part 1: Static Reflection with Reflectio

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:31:08 GMT

Some beautiful code.

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 3: Adopting Agile

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:46:09 GMT

The latest episode of the ALT.NET Podcast is a discussion with Owen Rogers focused on adopting agile practices.

Feedback on Danny Simmons' Why use Entity Framework

Tue, 20 May 2008 05:46:07 GMT

Useful feedback on Danny Simmons' "Why use Entity Framework"

Video of David Laribee on Domain-driven Design at DevTeach

Fri, 16 May 2008 21:38:37 GMT

David Laribee gave a talk on Domain-driven Design at DevTeach this week and Greg Young took a video of it and put it up on his blog for your viewing pleasure. Dave always gives a great presentation and has great slides and presentation style. It's definitely worth watching if you're interested in DDD and/or alternatives to more traditional forms of .NET application data access.

Alt.NET Podcast Launched!

Tue, 13 May 2008 23:01:04 GMT

The Alt.NET Podcast has a new podcast. The premier episode is a conversation with David Laribee, Jeremy D. Miller, and Chad Myers about continuously improving yourself, your code, and your team. Give it a listen!

Playing with Mass Transit

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:33 GMT

Colin Jack takes a first look at 'Mass Transit', an open source messaging service bus framework. He even has a sample application to go along with it! Definitely worth a look.

The Problem Preventer

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:15:35 GMT

Something to think about when you solve your next problem.

.NET Developers: Recommend Your Favorite Open-Source Projects

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:31:02 GMT

VSLive speaker Jeffrey McManus is asking .NET developers for help with recommendations on their favorite open source tools.

DDDD 1 [When to Message]

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:23:16 GMT

Greg Young begins a series of posts on using Domain Driven Design in the context of a distributed architecture.

Minimal requirements for 'Good' Software

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:16:02 GMT

Good software isn't just the code, it's the care and feeding of the code. It's important that the code can be found, built, and deployed repeatably by someone other than the original developer.

Why asp.net MVC is so awesome.

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:16:03 GMT

The number one reason why asp.net MVC is the best thing ever.

Stored Procedure Logic

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:23:36 GMT

Not to mention that business rules embedded in stored procedures can't be easily tested.

SQL is the assembly language of the modern world

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:36:10 GMT

I really would like to challenge the conventional wisdom that stored procedures are the best and/or that hand-crafted SQL is the only way to achieve good performance. I once heard someone say that "SQL is the assembly language of the business application world" and I totally agree with this (I linked to Jett Attwood's post above, but I heard it somewhere else first and my Google-fu is failing me tonight).

Should I Blog?

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:31:01 GMT

Reasons why you should start a blog

101 Great Computer Programming Quotes

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:31:02 GMT

"I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing." (Oktal)

Waterfall Doesn't Work

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:01:02 GMT

Waterfall Doesn't Work; All Non-Agile Projects Eventually Devolve into Necessary Sub-Standard Agile. The traditional life cycle approach effectively ignores these issues and developers have been forced to consider other methods to overcome these problems.

Microsoft and framework designers: Stop using static, internal, sealed

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:19:05 GMT

A public call for Microsoft and other framework designers to stop burying useful functionality in their APIs and preventing consumers from using or overriding critical parts of the API.

ASP.NET Web Service Tips: Documentation

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:01:02 GMT

Write your Own Help page for the ASP.NET Web service application. Sometimes you might not like the autogenerated Help page and want to add your own company logo and put your own descriptive help page.

Seamless inline text editing with ASP.NET AJAX

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:01:02 GMT

This is a technique that I really like. It's excellently suited to intranet sites and administrative interfaces, where your users are typically familiar enough with the application to know which text they can click to edit. It's actually very easy to implement, with a small amount of JavaScript. Update: This functionality is also available as an ASP.NET server control.

Your first ****** stinks!

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:26:43 GMT

I know some people admire decisiveness and sometimes it's justified and valuable. Other times making a rash decision is going to cause nothing but pain. I've seen this come up lately in regards to both designing software and estimating projects.

TDD CodingDojo session in Austin, TX

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:08:48 GMT

Announcing a CodingDojo/Randori-style TDD workshop in Austin, TX in early February

Implementing filters in asp.net mvc

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:01:02 GMT

This post demonstrates how you could go about implementing filters for the asp.net mvc handler