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Community Reality Check: Is INETA a concrete life raft?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:49:18 GMT

As an attempt to continually improve my contributions to the community, I'm trying to determine the value I'm generating through the volunteering of my time. What, dear reader, would you say is INETA's place in today's ever changing world of .NET?

Screencast: Test-Driven Domain Model

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:50:03 GMT

This TDD screencast was created after having the same conversation over and over again. It boils down to the topic of whether people can actually write their unit tests before writing their code. With this screencast, I wanted to illustrate that it's not only possible, but that it's also highly productive (once you get the tooling right).

ASP.NET MVC Framework - ScottGu's Blog

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:16:02 GMT

ASP.NET MVC Framework described by ScottGu.

Who will champion the health of the business?

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:57:25 GMT

Let me tell you a fictitious story. Ok, so it's not fictitious, but I swear I've never seen it happen where *I* work. It's a story of an enterprise losing a whole lot of money..

MS Patterns and Practices to Become Test-Infected?

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:40:02 GMT

First, it seems that Grigori Melnik is taking over for Tom Hollander, the "father of EntLib", over at Microsoft Patterns and Practices. While that may not catch your attention, you might want to take a look at the current issue of IEEE's Software magazine. It has a broad focus on test-driven development. Look a little closer, and you will find an article written by Ron Jeffries and Grigori Melnik, TDD--The Art of Fearless Programming...

Inheritance vs Object Composition

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:31:02 GMT

If you pick a developer off the street and ask him what inheritance is, he will more than likely give you the correct answer. If you take that same developer and ask him what object composition is, he may give you a puzzled look and shrug his shoulders.

Google Scalability Conference

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:37:47 GMT

Some of the sessions from Google scalability conference are now available on Google Video.

DevLink 2007: A world-class conference you can afford

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:46:02 GMT

Seriously, huge name speakers, food, and all the other stuff you get at the big ones, but for only $50. Located in Nashville, it's a short plane flight from almost anywhere.

Some Groundrules for Interfaces

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:16:01 GMT

A few groundrules for using interfaces in your code can help maintainability go a long way.

Unit of Work for Webservices

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:31:01 GMT

Here is a simple implementation of the Unit of Work pattern for webservices..

Frameworks are Hard

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:12:00 GMT

Building a tool is easy. Building a good framework is hard. I've seen the terms used interchangeably in a lot of places, but I think the subtle difference can be seen if you look closely. It's not exactly an earth shattering idea, but it's a cool thought nevertheless.

SOA, Change, Agility and Reuse

Mon, 21 May 2007 02:15:10 GMT

On every major paradigm shift, from object-oriented programming, component-oriented programing, service-oriented programming, etc, reusability and composability have been driving factors. Yet, the often touted killer concept of stringing the reusable things (components, objects, services) together in an ad-hoc fashion has never materialized.

The Consumer Owns the Contract

Tue, 15 May 2007 03:31:50 GMT

The little architecture secret behind test-driven development, design by contract, packaging, web services, and a host of other techniques and technologies. Learn once, apply everywhere.

Orthogonal Platform Upgrades

Sat, 12 May 2007 21:15:21 GMT

A short note on the differences an agile approach can make to platform upgrades.

Learn C# 4.0

Mon, 14 May 2007 10:16:01 GMT

Want to get a head start on the rest of the .NET developers out there? Start learning how to use C# 4.0 today. How, you ask, can I learn to use C# 4.0 when 3.0 isn't even out yet?

Separating the Query from the Gateway

Sun, 06 May 2007 18:54:49 GMT

A simple, but effective way to improve the data access layer in your application.

Podcast Interview with Frank Buschmann

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:23:58 GMT

This episode is an interview with Frank Buschmann, one of the pioneers of the pattern movement in Europe. Michael and Frank discuss how it all began: the first conferences on patterns and the first publications by the Gang-of-Four and the POSA 1 team. Frank then elaborates on the new volumes in the Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture book series - POSA 4 and POSA 5 - and gives some examples from the books. The episode concludes with a general discussion on software design and architecture, and best practices on software development.

Basic Application Architecture Patterns

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:31:01 GMT

These are some of the basic application architectures. Included are the Table Module, Transaction Script, and Domain Model. Included are descriptions and example diagrams for each.

Advanced .NET Training Course coming to Richmond, VA

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:05:38 GMT

Jean-Paul Boodhoo has just officially announced that he's giving his Nothin But .Net bootcamp course down here in Richmond, VA from March 26-30.

Patterns, Styles, and Software Architecture

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:16:01 GMT

Rather than listing a hundred patterns and giving a discription of each, here is a basic breakdown of the types of patterns and where each type fits within software architecture.

Managing NHibernate Maps

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:46:01 GMT

A couple tips for managing your NHibernate mapping files.

Great ASP.NET Podcast

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:01:01 GMT

This is a very good podcast to add to your subscriptions. Recent topics have included the Microsoft AJAX UpdatePanel, CLR objects inside SQL Server 2005, Atlas (AJAX) + Webservices, and some really good interviews (ie.. Scott Guthrie). The podcast feed is on the front page.

Microsoft Expression Web Ships

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:01:02 GMT

Expression Web is the successor to FrontPage and has a lot of features that were sorely missing: standards validation, strong css support, asp.net support, xml and xslt. While FrontPage was designed for the casual user, Expression Web was designed with the professional in mind.

Announcing December 2006 Sandcastle CTP

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:01:01 GMT

The December 2006 CTP version for Sandcastle is now available for download. Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive documentation by reflecting over the source assemblies and optionally integrating XML Documentation Comments. You can read about the latest changes and find the download link on the official blog.

CTS: Reference vs Value Types in .NET

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:31:02 GMT

This is a quick introduction/review on reference and value types in .NET. It covers common examples of each as well as memory allocation, parameter passing, nullability, boxing/unboxing, and inheritance. The post contains lots of links for learning more.