ASP.NET MVC Request Flow

published 11 days, 9 hours ago, submitted by justin_etheredge 11 days, 18 hours ago

codethinked.com — I looked all over the net for a good diagram that outlined the major classes involved an ASP.NET MVC request. I couldn't find one, and so I created this one. If you want to get a very high level overview, then check it out. read more...

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Avoiding Dependencies

stevesmithblog.com — As a rule, code should not directly depend on external resources such as System.Net.Mail's email sending capabilities. Having code that directly calls out to System.Net.Mail is difficult to unit test as well as difficult to walk through in a test or stage environment without having actual emails sent. Two design patterns can be used to reduce this dependency: Facade and Strategy. The Strategy pattern offers a host of benefits above and beyond what the facade layer provides, as this articles demonstrates with code examples. read more...

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Functional C# - Pattern Matching

submitted by adminjew 23 days, 16 hours ago

codebetter.com — In the past, I've covered quite a bit of functional programming in C# 3.0 and how you can implement some of the basic constructs using the language. In preparation for the Richmond Code Camp coming up on October 4th, for which I'm planning to present "Functional C# -or- How I lost the foreach and learned to love LINQ", I'm revisiting some of the topics I've talked about in the past. One of those topics is pattern matching. read more...

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It is BDUF, not DUF

published 25 days, 17 hours ago, submitted by justin_etheredge 25 days, 22 hours ago

codethinked.com — 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. read more...

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Improve your C# with IronRuby

submitted by justin_etheredge 29 days, 22 hours ago

codethinked.com — Go get the IronRuby source and look at all the wonderful library code that the IronRuby developers have written for you! read more...

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Contribute to open source, get a shot at a free book

published 1 month, 1 day ago, submitted by gt1329a 1 month, 1 day ago

encosia.com — Win one of three copies of Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls by participating in an open source contest on CodePlex. read more...

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Completely Scripting a SQL Server Database

published 1 month, 14 days ago, submitted by justin_etheredge 1 month, 14 days ago

codethinked.com — A guide on how to easily script out an entire database (schema and data) using the Database Publishing Wizard. A tool that you may not know you have access to. And if you have Visual Studio 2008, you already have installed! read more...

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Bad advice on exceptions from Joel

littletutorials.com — Starting from some comments on my exception handling series of articles I run into a couple of blogs pointing to this post on joelonsoftware.com. I think this is the worst advice on exception handling I have ever read, sorry Joel. I know this is an old post, I know Joel is entitled to his own opinion and I know he has the right to write his code as he sees fit. But as an opinion leader he influences others. read more...

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