Rant about Rant: Stop the Madness(futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 3 months, 3 days ago

Have you caught yourself bashing some “anonymous” developer’s code? Of course, you have – don’t deny it, and I bet you enjoyed it too! I, for one, am tired of this madness. I see this happening way too much. In company after company, in team after team. Mirror Mirror When you are doing it for fun, perhaps you can justify read more...

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Two Things to Make Testing Fun(futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 5 months, 26 days ago

How many of you actually enjoy writing tests, probably not a lot, right? Even though you know testing is important. For some of us, it just doesn’t feel right to spend time on creating tests than working on our world class application. I will not argue the merits of testing here, but I will tell you two things that will make testing fun: read more...

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SolrNet to the Rescue – Why Use SolrNet?(futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 7 months, 17 days ago

Instead of SolrSharp or other libraries why not use SolrNet. It is easy to use and extremely flexible. read more...

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A Simple way to run Tests with Actual Parameters(www.futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 1 year, 5 months ago

Without further ado then: the idea is to just record actual parameters from you application in JSON form, and then use that in a simple Integration/ Unit Test. There are simply three steps to this: 1. Create a generic method to write to an xml file some string values. 2. Access the xml file in your test. 3. De-serialize and Use. read more...

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Is it time to go from XML to JSON?(www.futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 1 year, 5 months ago

The answer is a qualified yes. Qualified because, of course, there is a place for XML; however, I think it is time for an exodus towards JSON. More specifically, we need this exodus for storing simple data files for settings, etc, in a web application. read more...

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When you are Stuck with Ugly Code (www.futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 1 year, 6 months ago

If you are lucky you spend most of your time coding new application, but if you are anything like me, you would be reading/maintaining somebody else’s code, or worse your own. You swear on your beloved Obi Wan statue that you did not write that code, but yes you did and now you have to deal with it. For such situations here is some advice: read more...

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Refactoring Code with Complexity Analysis: Visual Studio Code Analysis(www.futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 1 year, 10 months ago

An idea for refactoring your code with complexity analysis. Using Visual Studio or source monitor. read more...

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Dynamic Data, oData, and WCF Data Services a Killer Combination (www.futureofcoding.com)

submitted by rafi(87) 1 year, 10 months ago

This article shows how to build a powerful web application using Dynamic Data, WCF Data Service, oData, jQuery template. read more...

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