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Emergent Complexity

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:31:04 GMT

Why is it that our well designed systems seem to fall into chaos so easily?

What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:31:12 GMT

In a world of Microsoft and third party applications, out comes t4. t4 is a code generation tool that can compete with CodeSmith, but its FREE and built right into Visual Studio. It has been years since the first edition with very little publication of the actual application. t4 is a free code generation engine from Microsoft that underpins the Domain Specific Languages and Software Factory toolkits.

Functional .NET 4.0 - Tuples and Zip

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:46:02 GMT

F# vs .NET 4.0

Ian talks about L2S Being killed

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:16:13 GMT

great post from Ian on the choice of EF over L2S decision from Microsoft.

LINQ To SQL is Dead - Read Between the Lines

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:46:13 GMT

David Hayden with some great points on the Linq to SQL announcement and some ideas on how the project could be saved.

C# 4.0 New Features Part 2.1 - default parameter intrigue

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:46:02 GMT

Do default parameters work the way you think they do? Probably Not!

C# 4.0 New Features Part 1 - dynamic keyword

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:01:14 GMT

A quick look at the new "dynamic" keyword in C# 4.0 and its implications for application development.

Achieving POCO s in Linq to SQL

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:01:02 GMT

How to get rid of Persistence Related code and making L2S Still work !

WCF BasicHttpBinding with Windows Authentication & a 2.0 Client

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:54:35 GMT

Windows Authentication is a great way to provide authentication security in your WCF services. With the WSHttpEndpoing and a .NET 3.0+ client Windows Authentication works right out of the box with WCF, everything is just peachy. However, if you want to use the BasicHttpBinding for .NET 2.0 client backward compatibility then it is going to require a bit of configuration for both the clients & server.

NHibernate Query Generator in Action

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:23:26 GMT

Mapped properties are accessed via properties as nature intended, and querying is a lot easier to read and write. Not quite as neat as Linq-to-NHibernate will be, but so much better than native NHibernate querying that I wonder why it wasn't included in the trunk.

Three Simple Rhino Mocks Rules

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:46:13 GMT

Jimmy Bogard shows how he uses the new Rhino Mocks syntax, and three short rules for using it.

ASP.NET MVC Request Flow

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:46:02 GMT

I looked all over the net for a good diagram that outlined the major classes involved an ASP.NET MVC request. I couldn't find one, and so I created this one. If you want to get a very high level overview, then check it out.

NHibernate's ISession, scoped for a single WCF-call

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:38:40 GMT

How to make a Session available to a WCF request without breaking a leg.

C# vs Ruby

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:31:15 GMT

Interesting observation

StackOverflow

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:16:04 GMT

StackOverflow - - is in public beta.

CodePlex launches support for TortoiseSVN

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:01:03 GMT

No longer do you need to host SvnBridge yourself, or use the Team Foundation Client or the CodePlex client. Now you can use your favorite SVN client and connect directly to your repository!

Are .net interfaces required

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:06:47 GMT

A discussing on the nature of Interfaces in a .Net TDD world.

Tips & Tricks: Use DebuggerDisplayAttribute for easier debugging

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:01:02 GMT

When debugging, it's common to hover over an object to get a quick view of what its properties are. This is where DebuggerDisplayAttribute comes in. The format string looks similar to normal .NET format strings in that the values to replace are between curly braces, but instead of being told what to substitute the debugger treats these values as expressions and attempts to evaluate them using the current context.

Comparing .NET DI (IoC) Frameworks, Part 2

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:46:03 GMT

A second part of popular IoC frameworks comparison.

Spoiled with Dependency Injection

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:45:13 GMT

This post could be interpreted as a starting point to get links and a few warm words to the choice of DI container available out there

NHibernate mappings using xml, attributes, and Fluent NHibernate

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:41:55 GMT

A quick comparison of 3 ways of configuring NHibernate mappings: using XML files, NHibernate Mapping Attributes, and Fluent NHibernate.

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.

Getting rid of strings (3): take your app settings to the next level

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:31:02 GMT

In the first article of this series I talked about the problems with strings in code. This article will show you how you can use lambda expressions and expression trees as another tool to avoid strings

Fluent NHibernate - Working with NHibernate without configuration file

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:46:10 GMT

"I believe that the most important reason why NHibernate is not more widely adopted by general DEV population is exactly the "Java XML configuration" PIA feeling you have while working with it. Great news for all of us from that group: NHibernate is possible to be used WITHOUT configuration files! "

Configuration changes in NHibernate 2.0

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:39:51 GMT

A quick summary of the web/app.config changes required when moving from NHibernate 1.2 to the newly released 2.0.