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WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:46:09 GMT

A really helpful screencast from Jason Dolinger showing how to use the M-V-VM pattern in a simple WPF application. He starts off with the code that a Windows Forms developer might use and refactors it to M-V-VM. Also includes a demonstration of how it is nicely unit testable utilising Moq and how to use the Unity IoC container. 1 hour 30 mins long.

Development Tools I Use & Recommend

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:16:03 GMT

Eventually I will get to some technical code Posts. But for now, I'm a bit delayed with some other things at work lately. I will be blogging about Code Generation, OOP, and other topics very soon though. In the meantime, I wanted to share a list of tools I regularly use now or have used in the past as a C# / ASP.NET Engineer listed below:

Path to .NET 3.5 Developer Certification

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:31:05 GMT

If you are trying to figure out the new certification exams for Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) or Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) for .NET Framework 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008 then you may be interested in a diagram that I put together to helped me to visualize the path through the required certification exams.

Seperations of concerns

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:31:03 GMT

This is the 5th and last part in a series on hoow to make a bad application better. Wonderfully explained. There is a lot to learn from this.

StringBuilder Secrets

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:31:02 GMT

Article goes beyond the basics and looks at some more detail of StringBuilder in C#, and a benchmark that can help you improve your code that already uses StringBuilder. With graph

10 reasons why SQL Server 2008 is going to rock

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:01:12 GMT

Just like its predecessor, SQL Server 2008 is taking its sweet time to actually ship. However, unlike its predecessor, it won't just be a "worthwhile upgrade". It will kick ass. Here are the top 10 reasons why.

Trying out PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:46:03 GMT

Generally, I don't like to install any Visual Studio extensions at all, but I thought I should give this one a chance. I installed PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008, and went to play with the new functionality. Here is what I found as the most useful...

Do You Really Want to Be a Development Team Leader?

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:31:02 GMT

Ask any up and coming developer what they would like to do in the next year or so and you'll invariably hear, "I'd like to become a Development Team Leader". Hopefully most will have actually considered the change of role and be looking for new challenges and ways to contribute more to their chosen profession. However, for some this is an automatic response to a question that is particularly difficult to answer in an industry with no clear career path. For others it's simply a way to move up the pay scale.

A Set of Useful Extension Methods for DateTime

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Presenting 11 time-saving (oh, the pun!) extension methods for the DateTime class.

The One Single Tip to Comment Your Code

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:01:02 GMT

You've heard about 13 tips to comment your code, but what about the One Single Tip?

Creating Self Signed SSL Certificates on IIS 6.0 and Win Server 2003

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:31:02 GMT

Step by step tutorial (with screen shots) on creating self signed SSL certificates on IIS 6.0 and Win 2003 development / test servers using the FREE SelfSSL tool which comes with IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools. You can even use it to secure your local intranet.

XmlDocument fluent interface

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:46:02 GMT

A simple fluent interface for creating XmlDocuments & strings.

What a .NET Interview SHOULD Be!

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:01:02 GMT

I wish I had interviews like the one described here. This process would really allow you to show your skills with actions. I think the interviewee benefits from this as well. If they don't like the team they will be working with they can bow out of the rest of the process.

Embedding ASP.NET Server Variables in Client JavaScript

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:46:03 GMT

Getting Server Variables embedded into a page and using them from JavaScript code can be a pain. Following Jon Galloway's post a few days ago I thought that maybe a solution that doesn't rely on ASP.NET AJAX and is more generic might be useful to make the task easier and apply much broader scope. The result is an easy to use, generic class that generates a JavaScript object from key value pairs created on the server from static values or dynamic control/object properties.

Gallery of Visual Studio Programmer Themes

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:16:02 GMT

Scott Hanselman gives us a fantastic run down of some of the best Visual Studio themes. This is the best consolidated list I have seen and there are screen shots with all of them.

Guide to installing a secured Subversion server on Windows

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:46:02 GMT

Guide to installing a secured Subversion server on Windows