What a developer needs from their manager

published 2 months, 25 days ago, submitted by SuperJason 2 months, 25 days ago

ytechie.com — I've a read a lot of articles talking about what it takes to be a good development manager. There are also articles about what makes a good developer. I thought it would be a good idea to describe what a developer needs from their manager. read more...

3 comments | category: Other | Views: 486

Entities, Value Objects, Aggregates and Roots

lostechies.com — Basics of DDD read more...

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More on how Entity Framework's single-model goal is flawed

codebetter.com — Greg takes point with the long-term goal of EF as defining the one true model can't possibly appropriate. read more...

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Frans Bourma comparing OR mappers to Entity Framework.

weblogs.asp.net — Frans Bourma details what an OR mapper is about and how that compares to Entity Framework. read more...

4 comments | category: ADO.NET | Views: 390

LINQ to NHibernate in LINQPad

published 4 months, 17 days ago, submitted by akcoder 4 months, 17 days ago

orand.blogspot.com — LINQPad is like Query Analyzer for LINQ queries. Out of the box it does LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Objects, and LINQ to XML. Wouldn't it be nice if it did LINQ to NHibernate as well? Here's how. The setup process is a bit tedious, but you only need to do it once. read more...

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De-crapify your code base with AOP using PostSharp

published 9 months, 9 days ago, submitted by akcoder 9 months, 9 days ago

milkcarton.com — How to remove all the code thats irrelevant to what your trying to do, to make your code base easier to grok. read more...

add a comment | category: Architecture | Views: 6

Using Visual Studio Macros to Increase Productivity

published 1 year, 3 months ago, submitted by akcoder 1 year, 3 months ago

milkcarton.com — If you've ever tried to find a particular file or project in a 36 project solution when many projects and folders are expanded, then you know how fustrating it can be. After putting up with it for over a year, I finally asked a co-worker of mine if he knew of a way to quickly jump to a particular project in Visual Studio. He reminded me that Visual Studio has excellent macro support. read more...

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Using Custom Attributes to Enable Quick Searching of Your Domain Entit

published 1 year, 7 months ago, submitted by akcoder 1 year, 7 months ago

milkcarton.com — I've started work on the search piece of our application. Searching (no pun intended) for some inspiration on how users might want to search within our application, I brought up the current WinForms version, and then the ASP.NET version. I realized that we need to make searching easier in WinForms client, currently when searching for a patient in our WinForms client, you are presented with a separate text box for first name, last name, SSN, date of birth, and health record number. Our ASP.NET client presents just one text box to search all of those fields. read more...

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