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Exploring how to use Expressions w/ Spark

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Taking a look at the various different ways you can use Expressions with the Spark View engine. We are going to review simply scenarios such as math based expressions and move up to looking at nested if-then-else statements.

Exploring how to use Global Variables and ViewData (Strongly typed and

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:15:03 GMT

Taking a look at how to utilized both global variables and local variables. We will also take a look at how to create and use both strongly typed viewdata and weakly typed view data.

Learning Hudson: Setting up to run and report Unit Test results

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT

We will be taking a look at how we can use Hudson to report our Unit Tests results after each build. We will be looking at both reporting NUnit and MSTest results and will also show how you can convert MSTest results into NUnit results in order to report all tests in a single screen.

Learning how to add IntelliSense for the Spark View Engine

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:45:05 GMT

Learning how to add IntelliSense for the Spark View Engine inside Visual Studio

Saying Hello to the Spark View Engine

Wed, 27 May 2009 21:15:00 GMT

Taking a introductory look at the Spark View engine. The Spark is a view engine for Asp.Net Mvc and Castle Project MonoRail frameworks. The idea is to allow the html to dominate the flow and the code to fit seamlessly.

Learning the Observer Pattern

Fri, 08 May 2009 07:46:08 GMT

Taking a look at how we can use the Observer Pattern in our application. The Observer pattern allows you to define a one-to-many relationship inside your application where the parent object (the one) has the ability to notify the child objects (the many) of any state change. You can utilize this pattern to make sure that a set of objects are keep in order when there behavior needs to change based on the state of your application.

ReSharper Templates (live and file)

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:16:16 GMT

A set of NUnit, Rhino Mocks and other templates for use in your ReSharper instance.

Using Prism (Composite WPF) EventAggregator

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:39:12 GMT

Imagine that your "Services" layer needs needs to send off an event that some data has changed. One way to do this would be to bubble the event to the parent layer and then let that layer bubble the event up again. For example, lets say that the Service layer changed the Customer and it wants to let any interested parties know (as it should) through an event. So it sends a "CustomerChanged" event notification. Since the only object who is watching the Service layer is the Model layer, the model layer will grab the event and then re-publish it again (bubbling it up) the object graph). As you can tell, its a royal pain to do this. Imagine the amount of code you have to write. You've to write a ton of plumbing just to bubble the event from the service to the model to the view model to the view, and vice versa. This is where an event aggregator comes in.

BlogEngine.NET extension: Detailed Download Counter

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:34:00 GMT

A detailed download counter extension for BlogEngine.NET 1.4.* that registers all downloads on your blog and shows you detailed information about the downloads itself.

How To: REST Services in WCF 3.5 Part 2 - The POST

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:31:42 GMT

Learn how to utilize the WebInvoke Attribute in WCF 3.5 to implement a RESTful Web service that accepts POST requests.

Implementing a REST service with WCF (part 1)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:46:14 GMT

A short how to on implementing a REST service with WCF.

How To: Implement a simple REST Services in WCF 3.5 Part 1

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:20:44 GMT

A real life introduction to how to program REST based services with WCF. With full working source download!

Integration Testing - End to End

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:13:12 GMT

A detailed blog post that outlines exactly what integration testing is. Its not unit testing, its integration testing. Full examples provided.

My Visual Studio Settings - My Altered Vibrant Ink Settings Setup

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:27:31 GMT

Custom DARK .NET Settings file with a preview. You will need Consolas for these settings.

4 Common Follies Made In Unit/Integration Testing

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:29:20 GMT

Review 4 common unit testing and integration testing follies. From testing with databases to not testing components because "You think they work".

Resizing a VHD and a Volume

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:50:57 GMT

Learn how to resize a Virtual PC VHD File so that the C drive has more space. VERY VERY Helpful when you run out of room on that VPC!

Intro To Microsoft Unity - Configuring the Container through XML

Mon, 26 May 2008 11:43:55 GMT

Learn how to configure Microsoft Unity through manual registration and XML registration. A full sample application is included for download.

Using iTextSharp To Watermark/Write Text to Existing PDF's

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:31:02 GMT

This tutorial shows you how to write text to an existing PDF by using iTextSharp. Learn how to write text on top of the document, below the document and at various locations through the code and full solution provided.

The Importance of Unit Testing WCF Attributes

Thu, 08 May 2008 02:26:35 GMT

What happens when you don't test certain WCF Attribute values in your unit tests? Sometimes nothing - and sometimes all hell breaks loose. I'm scared of the latter. :) This is a quick and easy intro into how to unit test your operation contract attribute values.

Enterprise Service Bus Messaging Using nServiceBus

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:25:29 GMT

I have been working lately with a big group of fellow developers here in SilverKey on the architecture and design of a relatively big project that required much services and messaging work. We thought that we should implement our public services the REST way using WCF for .NET 3.5, with so many customizations, and that we'll use a library called nServiceBus for internal messaging. nServiceBus is a framework for handling publisher/subscriber (pub/sub) model of messaging. It provides reliable messaging via the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) pattern, and uses MSMQ as the physical bus.

NUnit 2.4.7 Released w/ RowTest Attribute (example included)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:29:40 GMT

NUnit now includes the RowTest extension, written by Andreas Schlapsi, in it's extension assemblies. This extension allows you to write test methods that take arguments and to provide multiple sets of argument values using the RowAttribute. To use RowTest, your test must reference the nunit.framework.extensions assembly. This post covers how to utilize this attribute.

Streaming Large Objects with ADO.NET, Properly

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:43:13 GMT

A quick reference for dealing with BLOBs in SQL without creating huge arrays in memory.

Automated Form Posting with .NET / ASP.NET's CURL

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:18:30 GMT

Learn how to use the HttpRequest object and Fiddler to create web requests and post values to forms in a runtime environment.

CodeSmith Screen Cast

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:31:02 GMT

Learn how to utilize the DatabaseSchema and ExportToFile methods of a template to create files based upon your database schema.

Returning XML Column Data As a Set of Data from SQL

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:20:05 GMT

I needed to write something like this ... SELECT * FROM CustomerTest WHERE Customer_Id = 1; The data returned needed to return the row as well as the data inside of the XML Column in that row, in the same set. (The data in the XML column needed to be returned as sets of records as well.) The XML Contained was simple XML that looked like this...