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Golem .NET Build Tool: A Waste of time!?

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:41:15 GMT

Golem the start of an idea for a .NET Build tool. But is it a waste of time compared to Rake, Psake, Boobs, MSBuild and NAnt?

Introducing Fluent NHibernate

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:16:47 GMT

I've adopted a project from Jeremy Miller that I think has the potential to be a really useful tool. It's called Fluent NHibernate, and it's primarily a fluent API for mapping classes with NHibernate.

Skinning the Cat with Fluent NHibernate

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:01:02 GMT

As you may have noticed, I have become interested in the concept of Object Relational Mapping and the NHibernate framework. One of the more painful/tedious aspects of using NHibernate is hand writing the xml mapping files. That is why I got excited when I heard that Jeremy Miller was open sourcing his mapping generation libraries.

GetFileName NAnt task

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:52:21 GMT

NAnt task for getting the filename of a file in a specific directory, based on creation date, last modified date etc... I'm using it for finding the latest database backup in a directory.

Command Window

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:16:04 GMT

A brief introduction the the Command Window.

Retaining Good Developers - 10 Things To Keep Them Happy

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:02 GMT

This is a great article. I just wish some of my previous employers would have done just a few of these things. I probably would have stuck around longer.

Free Professional Diff Tool from SourceGear

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:16:07 GMT

DiffMerge is a polished product for side-by-side comparison (and merging) of files. It highlights changes within the lines and has many of configuration options.

The Myth of Stored Procedures Preference

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:46:03 GMT

When looking to the Stored Proscedures debate, there is always those three factors you should measure by.

Making the jump back to Consulting

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:33:32 GMT

Deciding Factors Things to think about when deciding on your rate

DeleGrid: Pagination for the delegates

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:51:23 GMT

A GridView derived ASP.Net control that delegates data-retrieval back to the developer, so they have full control over what data is displayed per-page of the grid. This means you can write your pagination in something like NHibernate, and not have to worry about polluting your presentation with data knowledge.

Programming is a Noble Profession, Be Proud, Be Strong

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:01:02 GMT

"No one will ever take you seriously unless you're willing to risk something to prove you're right." This post from Chad Myers hits the nail right on the head!

My Favorite (Visual Studio) Keyboard Shorctuts

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:01:03 GMT

Christopher Bennage's favorite visual studio and resharper keyboard shortcuts.

My new little friend, Enum<T>

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:16:01 GMT

Some description of a help class for working with Enumerations.

They (spammers) look like ants from here

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:31:03 GMT

Since adding some basic user visualisation to DotNetKicks.com the other day, I have become slightly addicted to viewing the who's online page. This morning I added colour coding to the users based on their status - green for new users, blue for existing users and red for spammers.

Getting with it: Test-Driven Development

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:53:40 GMT

Excellent tutorial on getting started with Test-Driven Development.

The real reason SELECT * queries are bad: index coverage

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:46:02 GMT

Are SELECT * queries bad? Sure, everyone know that. But, why?

What ASP.NET Developers Should Know About JavaScript

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

This article approaches JavaScript from the perspective of an ASP.NET developer who is comfortable with the paradigms and patterns of either C# or Visual Basic. The article doesn't look at how to use JavaScript from ASP.NET exactly, but it does look at why JavaScript is so different from the two languages we commonly use with the .NET CLR.

Getting with it: Test-Driven Development

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:01:02 GMT

Introduction to Test-Driven Development, from a developer who should have learnt sooner.

Alternatives to MVC

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:01:03 GMT

A short post considering alternatives to MVC and inviting discussion into frameworks which support alternative patterns.

Asp.net Model View Presenter example using PoCoRail

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:01:02 GMT

A first look at PoCoRail, a new Model View Presenter framework for Asp.net.

SubSonic: Move to Subversion is now complete

Mon, 14 May 2007 02:46:01 GMT

SubSonic has now been successfully moved to Google Code, and thus Subversion source control.

Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1 Released

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:31:01 GMT

From the better late than never department, Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1. Oh well, I guess it's the next best thing to 2005 SP1...

Uncrippling Windows XP's IIS 5.1

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:57:00 GMT

Windows XP's IIS 5.1 is thoroughly crippled out of the box. It allows only one root website, and a maximum of ten concurrent connections to that website. Microsoft really, really doesn't want us hosting slashdot.org on our XP Pro box. These limits are so aggressive that they can get in the way of legitimate localhost development. But there are workarounds.

ASP.Net ClientIDs and their JavaScript companion

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:53:00 GMT

A small component that is designed to bridge the gap between the element IDs you'd expect to use within your JavaScript and the actual IDs that are rendered by ASP.Net; providing you with the ability to program JavaScript as you always have, without having to make any extra considerations for ASP.Net's ID conflict aversion methods.

Consolas as the New IDE Font of Choice

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:34:12 GMT

Download Vista's New Fonts