Has Visual Studio caused the end of The World yet?(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 3 months ago

If this error dialog is any indication... read more...

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Context and Best Practices(www.lostechies.com)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 4 months ago

The Right Way versus the Better Way; Default Architectures; Starting Small read more...

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Welcome to the new DotNetKicks(blog.dotnetkicks.com)

submitted by javery(5523) 2 years, 4 months ago

Welcome to the new DotNetKicks - Lots of improvements and even more on the way! read more...

6 comments |category: Community |Views: 436

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OMG, Better Rake (for .net)!(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 6 months ago

If you ask me, when it comes tools for writing automated build scripts nothing packs more bang for the buck than Rake. Until recently, using Rake to build .net solutions required a magic concoction of hacked together scripts which rarely exhibited Ruby’s appreciation for beauty nor Rake’s spirit of simplicity. ... and then came Albacore... read more...

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Reading Code is Key to Writing Good Code(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 6 months ago

Software product development is a creative activity taking place in the midst of that complex and adaptive world. So let's take a page from other creative professions (musicians, artists, etc.) and study the work of others, both within and outside our field, to help improve our own work. read more...

1 comment |category: Other |Views: 541

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Being Lazy with Rake(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 11 months ago

Stop working so hard. Let Rake do the menial stuff for you! read more...

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Toward a Better Use of Context/Specification(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 11 months ago

have you hand-rolled your own base class for your Context/Specification style specs? Curious whats different between a Context/Specification base class and a typical unit testing base class? read on... read more...

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A Little More Sugar for Testing Routes in asp.net MVC(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 3 months ago

Building on the Fluent Route Testing from MVC Contrib, this is another extension for testing ignored Routes. read more...

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Learning to use Fluent NHibernate: Getting started w/ your 1st Mapping(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 3 years, 3 months ago

Learning to use Fluent NHibernate: Getting started w/ your first mappings read more...

3 comments |category: Database |Views: 356

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"Quality Doesn't Matter That Much" -- Jeff and Joel (blog.objectmentor.com)

submitted by joejoejoejoe(1140) 3 years, 3 months ago

I was riding my exercise bike, listening to Stack Overflow #38 when I heard Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky say "Quality just doesn't matter that much." I nearly fell off my bike. read more...

1 comment |category: Patterns |Views: 548

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ALT.NET Podcast Episode 15: Domain Driven Design(altnetpodcast.com)

submitted by powerrush(3873) 3 years, 4 months ago

Talking with Rob Conery and James Avery about Domain Driven Design. read more...

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Saving the World via… TDD?(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 4 months ago

A quick snippet of code showing the gist of the Context/Specification pattern... and ensuring we won't need John Connor's help after all. read more...

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Automatic/Convention-based mapping entities with Fluent NHibernate(blog.jagregory.com)

submitted by chadmyers(840) 3 years, 4 months ago

James Gregory has a 4-part post on the "auto-mapping" features of Fluent NHibernate. Basically, Fluent NHibernate can automatically map most of your entities based on the conventions you specify and can apply other conventions such as table names, foreign-key constraint naming, etc. This is the first post of the 4, the others are linked as Trackbacks at the bottom. After reading these 4, you should have a better idea of how to get started using the conventional mapping features of Fluent NHibernate. read more...

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When Should I Write Tests?(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 5 months ago

The definitive answer to a question that comes up all the time... read more...

2 comments |category: Other |Views: 494

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TortoiseGit 0.1.0.0 Preview(code.google.com)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 3 years, 5 months ago

TortoiseSVN is being ported to TortoiseGit read more...

1 comment |category: Open Source |Views: 409

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[PSA] Using the Code Behind in MVC causes blindness(devlicio.us)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 3 years, 5 months ago

Just a PSA on why NOT to use the Code Behinds in Asp.Net MVC framework read more...

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