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Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:10:49 GMT

Ever wanted to automatically test properties on classes and hate writing the code. With INotifyPropertyChanged, bugs can quickly come into existance because of the string based Setters and Getters. Never fear, code can help!

Building a Web Part UI

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:57:56 GMT

Recently I've been spending a lot of time working on various SharePoint projects, none more challenging than the Citroën site launched earlier this year. I'm going to take the time to explain how we put together our web parts and server controls, particularly from the point of view of a WCM scenario where the complexity of our mark-up was significantly greater than that of a traditional "vanilla" intranet SharePoint due to the various accessibility guidelines we needed to adhere to as part of the project.

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.

Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:42:42 GMT

Want to test classes implementing INotifyPropertyChanged but hating all the code. Look no further

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:01:13 GMT

Microsoft's development environment offers new tools for Agile development, software testing enhancements and improved support for cloud computing. Microsoft showed CIO.com a sneak peek, and the author invited developers to chime in with their feedback.

Subtext 2 supports OpenID

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Jon explains how OpenID works in Subtext 2 and how to configure it.

Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Subtext 2.0 is hot off the CI Server and the new bits are packed with a metric crap-load of bug fixes, new features, and patches.

WPF Memory Leak in Command Binding

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:15:13 GMT

In a medium sized project I'm working on at the moment, we've had a rather large memory leak issue. It revolves around binding to commands and was a suprising end.

LINQ to XML Video Demo

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:16:18 GMT

Mike Taulty, an evangelist from Microsoft UK, does a demo on features in LINQ to XML for the Vista Squad user group. A great demo by a great speaker.

Is your intellisense broken after the LINQ installation?

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:15:22 GMT

After installation of LINQ, you'll find your intellisense and smart tags have stopped working. There is a solution!

How to make a Gmail-like loading indicator with ASP.NET Ajax

Thu, 17 May 2007 02:46:02 GMT

A step by step tutorial on how to build a loading indicator like the one Gmail, using ASP.NET Ajax and the core UpdateProgress control

CruiseControl.NET Monitoring Gadget for Vista Sidebar 0.8

Sun, 06 May 2007 14:46:01 GMT

A Vista gadget for monitoring CruiseControl.NET build servers, like CCTray but better.

.Net 3.0 Usergroup Launched in the UK

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:42:18 GMT

A new .Net 3.0 usergroup was launched today providing a means for interested developers and users of the .Net 3.0 and Vista platforms a way to meetup and discuss the plethora of new technologies coming out of Microsoft. First meeting is scheduled for the 28th of March. Sign on up!

SetData to clipboard failing on VirtualPC

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:16:01 GMT

A strange behavior sometimes happens on VirtualPC when programmatically adding object to the clipboard. This is a small workaround to fix that problem

Subtext v1.9.4 "Windward" Edition Released

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:01:01 GMT

subText v1.9.4 has been released, and Steve Harman has all the details.

Word 2007, Metaweblog API and newMediaObject

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:05:37 GMT

Word 2007 implements the Metaweblog API but has a small quirk. This article investigates how to work around it if implementing the API yourself.

WPF Wikipedia Explorer Released

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:01:02 GMT

The guys at DotNet Solutions have created a brilliant application that provides totally new interface to Wikipedia using the visual capability of Windows Presentation Foundation. It deals with and displays the relationships between the articles in a linked and 3D explorer mode.

ASP.NET Caching Gotcha

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:49:25 GMT

A small gotcha regarding ASP.NET and caching.

MS Releases VPC Image for Running IE6 & 7 simultaneously

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:31:02 GMT

Microsoft has recently made Virtual PC 2004 a free download; we 've taken advantage of that by releasing a VPC virtual machine image containing a pre-activated Windows XP SP2, IE6 and the IE7 Readiness Toolkit to help facilitate your testing and development.

Writing log message to file via Message Queue

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:17:53 GMT

A simple project how to write log message to file via Message Queue.

Subtext Halloween Pumpkin

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:01:03 GMT

A member of the Subtext development team carved the Submarine logo of subtext on his Halloween pumpkin.

More on best practices for exception handling

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 03:31:02 GMT

Bill Wagner (author of "Effective C#"), adds his smart thoughts to Scott Hansleman's post on best practices for exception handling.

CCNetConfig 0.0.1.20 Released

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:01:02 GMT

CCNetConfig, a graphical configuration tool for CruiseControl.NET released a new version. The new version supports loading existing configuration files and all Configuration blocks supported by CCnet "out of the box", and support for the TFS Plugin.

New Release of WatirMaker now WatirRecorder

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:31:01 GMT

Rutger Smit & Scott Hanselman have released a new version of WatirMaker, now retitled WatirRecorder. This is a great program for building UI testing scripts.

Building a Photo Tagging Site using ASP.NET 2.0, LINQ, and Atlas

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:11:01 GMT

Scott Guthrie builds a cool photo tagging site with the help of ASP.NET 2.0 LINQ and Atlas.

DotNetKicks.com : Stories kicked by twyford

Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Building a Web Part UI

WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast

Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Subtext 2 supports OpenID

Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!

WPF Memory Leak in Command Binding

LINQ to XML Video Demo

Is your intellisense broken after the LINQ installation?

How to make a Gmail-like loading indicator with ASP.NET Ajax

CruiseControl.NET Monitoring Gadget for Vista Sidebar 0.8

.Net 3.0 Usergroup Launched in the UK

SetData to clipboard failing on VirtualPC

Subtext v1.9.4 &quot;Windward&quot; Edition Released

Word 2007, Metaweblog API and newMediaObject

WPF Wikipedia Explorer Released

ASP.NET Caching Gotcha

MS Releases VPC Image for Running IE6 & 7 simultaneously

Writing log message to file via Message Queue

Subtext Halloween Pumpkin

More on best practices for exception handling

CCNetConfig 0.0.1.20 Released

New Release of WatirMaker now WatirRecorder

Building a Photo Tagging Site using ASP.NET 2.0, LINQ, and Atlas

Subtext v1.9.4 "Windward" Edition Released