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Lessons learned from the AWS outage from the Azure Perspective

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:40:24 GMT

What the Azure developer should learn from the Amazon outage

Screencast: Using SpecFlow and WebAii

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:44:10 GMT

With TDD you have learned to create tests that ensure that you build the system right. Take a look at a specification language that can help ensure that you build the right system.

Introducing ActionLinq

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:00:17 GMT

I am excited to release a pet project of mine that I have been developing for a few months. ActionLinq is a complete LINQ-to-Objects implementation for ActionScript 3.0. Including the same deferred execution behavior as LINQ, ActionLinq is a functional query library designed to process and manipulate data in ActionScript 3.0. It is especially useful for processing data received from web services and manipulating it to fit into the view.

Learn to Code WatiN: Browser Test your Web Site with WatiN

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:15:03 GMT

This coding exercise is designed to give you an introduction to browser-based testing using the WatiN framework, or Web Application Testing in .NET. The framework allows developers to create integration tests (using a unit testing framework like MbUnit, NUnit, or MSTest) to test and assert their application within a browser window. The framework interacts with the browser DOM much like and end-user, producing reliable results that mimic the real world. In this sample, we will write a few WatiN tests against the Google search engine.

New Year's Resolutions for Software Developers

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:45:03 GMT

A great list of ways to challenge yourself in 2010. I especially like "I will be an agent of change in my organization."

[Fixed] Adding DotNetKicks FeedFlare to FeedBurner

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:10:55 GMT

FeedBurner used to allow adding DotNetKicks FeedFlare to your feeds. Even today, the FeedFlare catalog lists "Kick It" using DNK's FeedFlareUnit file. Unfortunately, when adding this file to FeedFlare using the link given in the catalog, the unfortunate user receives only a JavaScript alert of "We could not find a valid FeedFlare file at that location" instead of an enhanced feed. Find out why, and find a fix for it. Get DotNetKicks on your FeedBurner FeedFlare.

Patterns in Testing [2] - Stub Pattern

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:16:47 GMT

Dennis Burton has a series on patterns of test doubles, such as Dummy, Stub, Spy, and Mock test patterns. This post covers the Stub pattern, when it applies, and how it will improve your coding practices.

Improving the SEO of your blog

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:16:02 GMT

Did you know that yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com are actually different sites? Are they both serving the same content? If so, it may be negatively impacting your search engine rankings. Using HTTP 301 redirects, you can combine these synonymous URLs to increase your page ranking.

Testing WCF Apps (Part 2 of 4) -- Mocking out the service

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:17:58 GMT

Once you have written tests against your WCF service, you need a strategy for testing the code that uses the service. This article covers a technique for mocking out the WCF service.

Testing WCF Service Apps (1 of 4)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:43:11 GMT

One of the most beautiful things about the WCF framework is the way it was designed to be more testable than ASPX services. When you design your WCF interface, you are mostly just designing an interface with the WCF ServiceContract attributes. The WCF framework uses your interface to determine the actual contract and transport mechanism so you don't have to.