Lighthouse – Silverlight Unit Test Runner Project released(blog.roboblob.com)

submitted by spavkov(1708) 1 year, 2 months ago

Since the initial release of Silverlight i was really annoyed by the fact that Unit Testing had very slim support. Even later when Silverlight Unit Testing Framework was introduced by Microsoft things became little better but still it was far from good. You could create Unit Tests, but you had to start your Visual Studio in order to run them – eventually looking at the results of tests in your favorite Web Browser... read more...

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Naked MVVM - simplest way of making testable WCF related code(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 1 year, 6 months ago

Second real world tip regarding MVVM implementation is targeted toward pragamtic approach of how to test enable code making WCF service calls on the simplest possible way. read more...

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Naked MVVM - simplest MVVM architecture(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 1 year, 6 months ago

Article showing the concepts behind very simple MVVM implementation. read more...

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Combining Silverlight Navigation Framework & Prism to create MVVM Apps(blog.roboblob.com)

submitted by spavkov(1708) 1 year, 7 months ago

This is introductory post for a series of posts where i will try to tackle the holy grail of MVVM applications – Navigation. To do this I will be using Prism from Microsoft’s Patterns and Practices team (Silverlight version – latest drop) combined with Silverlight Navigation Framework and i will build small navigation framework on top of that... read more...

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Silverlight MergedDictionaries – styles & resources from Class Libs(blog.roboblob.com)

submitted by spavkov(1708) 1 year, 11 months ago

If you were developing larger Silverlight/WPF applications and trying to keep things like styles, control templates and other resources organized it can become really hard. Prior to Silverlight 3 it was hell to be honest. But then nice people from Microsoft introduced lovely little feature called MergedDictionaries that allows you to combine the resources from different places in your application. read more...

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5 reasons why Silverlight sucks in LOB (compared to WPF) (blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 1 year, 11 months ago

This post discus what technology suits better LOB applications Silverlight or WPF and provides 5 reasons why WPF makes more sense. read more...

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Unit Testable WCF Web Services in MVVM and Silverlight 4(blog.roboblob.com)

submitted by spavkov(1708) 2 years, 1 month ago

I figured that there has to be a better way to solve this everyday problem so while working on my personal MVVM framework (yes, everyone is building one these days) i was setting these goals regarding the Web Service calls from my MVVM applications: 1. simplify as much as possible asynchronous invocation of Web Service methods (avoid writing boring boilerplate code for each call) 2. get rid of the Add Service Reference approach completely if possible 3. make the Web Services unit testable (hide them behind some interface so we can mock them in our unit tests) 4. simplify exception handling 5. fault tolerance (if web service client is faulted by exception it should be automatically recreated) ... read more...

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Simple (fizzbuzz like) .NET interview question covering stack and heap(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 2 years, 4 months ago

Simple C# interview question which doesn't have any dependencies on math etc. and which is helping understanding how the job candidate understands stack and heap. read more...

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Me, myself and design patterns - VusCode - Coding dreams since 1998!(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 2 years, 6 months ago

This blog post summarize some of the experiences related to the value of design patterns and to the process of its exploration. read more...

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Design for testability - WCF proxies(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 2 years, 6 months ago

This blog post presents a 'duck tape' way of how to have testable Silverlight code depending on WCF calls with a non-MVVM implementation read more...

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Just say no to Service Locator!(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 2 years, 7 months ago

This is a blog post focusing on the differences between Service Locator and Dependency Injection based code particularly focusing on benefits DI has in unit testing. read more...

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IoC, SRP and DI best practices(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 2 years, 7 months ago

A blog post summing some of real world IoC experiences in 5 "laws" read more...

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Rhino Mocks used in testing the Prism IEventAggregator based code(blog.vuscode.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 3 years, 1 month ago

Blog post showing how to test (with RhinoMocks) two common cases occuring in code with Prism event aggregator. read more...

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Mix 09 Quick Video Link List(coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 3 years, 2 months ago

Mix 09 Quick Video Link List in a format allowing easy search & download read more...

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Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for natural DateTime operations(codeplex.com)

submitted by spavkov(1708) 3 years, 3 months ago

FluentDateTime is a open source library of Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for easier and more natural DateTime handling and operations in .NET that allows you to write code like this: DateTime.Now + 1.Week() + 3.Days + 14.Minutes(); 3.Days().Ago(); 5.Days().After(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1)); DateTime.Now.NextDay(); DateTime.Now.WeekAfter(); DateTime.Now.Midnight(); DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 55, 0); read more...

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Repository<T> good or bad?(codebetter.com)

submitted by malovicn(1590) 3 years, 4 months ago

Greg took a bite on current ALT .Net hot topic: Generic repositories read more...

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