Give back to your testing framework

published 5 months, 15 days ago, submitted by yoavsion 5 months, 18 days ago

sharpregion.com — Can there be code reuse in testing classes? Is code coverage the only measurement we have for test efficiency? Should our testing framework test design and meta-code as well as functionality? Use this test classes base-class to test some things you probably haven't tested before. read more...

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Searching for derived types in an assembly

published 5 months, 23 days ago, submitted by yoavsion 5 months, 25 days ago

sharpregion.com — Sometimes we need to find all classes or interfaces that derive a certain Type. There are several possible scenarios for this kind of search - For instance, if we are trying to load a plug-in assembly at runtime and wish to initialize all the classes that implement the IPluginBase interface. Using the suggested DerivedHelper makes it a lot easier. read more...

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Debugging can screw things up

published 5 months, 25 days ago, submitted by AdrianAisemberg 5 months, 26 days ago

sharpregion.com — Using the 'DebuggerBrowsable' attribute to avoid debugging-misbehavior. read more...

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Massive BlogEngine.Net Security Hole - Fix Provided

published 5 months, 27 days ago, submitted by TroyMG 5 months, 27 days ago

dannydouglass.com — A massive security hole in BlogEngine.net was just revealed that allows anyone to see your passwords... Danny Douglass explains the issue and provides a patched BlogEngine.Core assembly to resolve the issue until the next release of BlogEngine is available. read more...

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Trying out PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008

published 5 months, 24 days ago, submitted by Jemm 5 months, 27 days ago

blogs.microsoft.co.il — 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... read more...

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Beware of the mysterious params in C#!

published 5 months, 26 days ago, submitted by AdrianAisemberg 5 months, 29 days ago

sharpregion.com — The 'params' keyword may behave different than you might think it should! This one is a must for every C# developer out there! read more...

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Using the Task Scheduler for saving memory

published 5 months, 25 days ago, submitted by AdrianAisemberg 6 months, 1 day ago

sharpregion.com — A Wallpaper Randomizer in C# can be a good example for using the Task Scheduler in windows for saving memory. read more...

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Events, Generics and Extension Methods

published 5 months, 29 days ago, submitted by AdrianAisemberg 6 months, 2 days ago

sharpregion.com — See some interesting new methods to deal with events and EventHandlers. read more...

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