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[Fixed] Adding DotNetKicks FeedFlare to FeedBurner

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:10:55 GMT

FeedBurner used to allow adding DotNetKicks FeedFlare to your feeds. Even today, the FeedFlare catalog lists "Kick It" using DNK's FeedFlareUnit file. Unfortunately, when adding this file to FeedFlare using the link given in the catalog, the unfortunate user receives only a JavaScript alert of "We could not find a valid FeedFlare file at that location" instead of an enhanced feed. Find out why, and find a fix for it. Get DotNetKicks on your FeedBurner FeedFlare.

Patterns in Testing [2] - Stub Pattern

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:16:47 GMT

Dennis Burton has a series on patterns of test doubles, such as Dummy, Stub, Spy, and Mock test patterns. This post covers the Stub pattern, when it applies, and how it will improve your coding practices.

Improving the SEO of your blog

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:16:02 GMT

Did you know that yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com are actually different sites? Are they both serving the same content? If so, it may be negatively impacting your search engine rankings. Using HTTP 301 redirects, you can combine these synonymous URLs to increase your page ranking.

Testing WCF Apps (Part 2 of 4) -- Mocking out the service

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:17:58 GMT

Once you have written tests against your WCF service, you need a strategy for testing the code that uses the service. This article covers a technique for mocking out the WCF service.

Testing WCF Service Apps (1 of 4)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:43:11 GMT

One of the most beautiful things about the WCF framework is the way it was designed to be more testable than ASPX services. When you design your WCF interface, you are mostly just designing an interface with the WCF ServiceContract attributes. The WCF framework uses your interface to determine the actual contract and transport mechanism so you don't have to.