TimBarcz

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Abstracting away Dependencies for Simpler code (dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at the pain points around having direct knowledge of a web service can bring for not only testing, but in running your application. Once we understand the pain points we will take a look at how to abstract them away with the adapter pattern. read more...

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Isolation Frameworks: Learning to use Partial Mocks(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use Partial Mocks to test abstract classes and methods within a concrete class read more...

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Learning Nant: Creating Token Driving Configuration Files(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how we can create dynamic config files by putting tokens in your files and letting Nant replace those tokens for each user based on their unique settings. read more...

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Using Reflection TO invoke members(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 8 months ago

Taking a look at how to use the reflection to invoke members on an object. Reflection can allow you to call methods, properties, etc of any scope on an object. This can be a very, very useful tool for the tool-belt for the times this is needed. read more...

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Learning the Specification Pattern(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 8 months ago

Taking a look at how to use the specification pattern. Business logic is the heartbeat of our application. It is what makes your application worth something to the business. In this episode we will explore the Specification Pattern and see how this simple pattern take your complex business logic and turn it into a more manageable and readable piece of art. read more...

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Isolation Frameworks: Mocking Out/Ref Arguments(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 8 months ago

Continuing our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests. In this episode we are going to focusing on how to setup you mocks when you need to mock a class with either Out or Ref arguments read more...

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Exploring NDJango: Forms and Extensions(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 9 months ago

We are gonig to continue converting the sample application we started last time. However, this time we are going to focus on creating forms, re-displaying data, and finally, creating our own NDjango tags without touching F# read more...

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Exploring NDjango: Setting up NDjango for usage(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 9 months ago

Taking a look at the NDjango view engine. We will cover installing NDjango, integrating it with an existing asp.mvc project, and some basic syntax features. read more...

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Isolation Frameworks: Learning how to validate complex expectations(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 9 months ago

Taking a look at the various ways you can setup and validate complex expectations on your stubs/fakes. Validating these expectations will allow your to confirm in tests your dependencies are being used in the manor expected. read more...

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Git For Windows Developers – Git Series - Part 1 - Jason Meridth -(lostechies.com)

submitted by javeryjavery(5523) 2 years, 11 months ago

A great tutorial on getting Git up and running on Windows (and a great introduction to Git). read more...

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Choosing a mocking framework(devlicio.us)

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Tim Barcz explore the reasons to choose one framework over another and poll the readers on their preferences. read more...

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Open Source Maturity Model Explored(devlicio.us)

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In this post Tim Barcz discusses the maturity criteria for open source projects and give samples from many known .net projects. read more...

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Creating SOLID Code: Liskov Substitution Principle(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 3 years, 2 months ago

Taking a look at how to create SOLID Code: Creating SOLID Code: Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP). This is a Third in a series where we will take a look at each of the parts the SOLID Principle read more...

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Creating SOLID Code: Open/Closed Principle (OCP)(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 3 years, 2 months ago

Taking a look at how to create SOLID Code: Creating SOLID Code: Open/Closed Principle (OCP). This is a second in a series where we will take a look at each of the parts the SOLID Principle read more...

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Learning how to use the XML Serializer(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 3 years, 4 months ago

Taking a look at how you can simplify your coding efforts when you need to turn an object model into XML or your XML document into an object model. read more...

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Introdction to S#arp Architecture(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 3 years, 4 months ago

An introduction to the S#arp Architecture for the ASP.NET MVC Framework. read more...

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