Using Tika in .NET for extracting text out of documents(is.gd)

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Tika is an open source Java-based tool for extracting information out of various different document formats. It can be used with Lucene for indexing and searching documents, among other things. In this post, Kevin Miller talks about how use Tika in .NET via the IKVM.net utility. read more...

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Working with Partials in Spark: Part 2(www.dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 4 months ago

We continue to take look at how to use Partials within the Spark View Engine. In this episode we will take a deeper look at partials and learn more about their _undocumented_ features. We will also be learning how partials will allow us to create clean, compartmentalized and well organized code. read more...

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Exploring .Net 4 Features - Tuples(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 5 months ago

Taking a look at some of the new features which are part of .Net 4. We will be focusing this episode on Tuples. Tuples allow you to return multiple values from a method with simplicity and ease by allowing you to dynamically create a return object which is typed for your specific needs. read more...

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Adding IoC Support to your WCF Services(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 6 months ago

Taking a quick look at how to setup your WCF services to use an IoC Container. When building out a set of services in WCF you still would like to follow the SOLID principles and in order to do this you may want to setup the ability to inject dependencies (via Structure Map) into your services at run time. With WCF extension points this is not only possible, but pretty easy. read more...

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Validating your XML Documents w/ XSD Schema(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 7 months ago

Taking a look at how to perform XML message validation by using an XSD document schema. By creating an XSD schema you can simply and easily validate the structure and the data content of your document which will ensure your message is well formed. read more...

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Exploring StructureMap: Learning how to setup profiles(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 9 months ago

Taking a look at how to setup profiles to allow the container to dynamicly determine which objects to inject read more...

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Refactoring Techniques: Learning the Wrap Method(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 9 months ago

Taking a look at the Wrap Method refactoring technique outlined in detail in Working Effectively with Legacy Code. We will walk though this technique and take a look at how it can help you to create better and more maintainable code. read more...

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How to read from Performance Counters(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 10 months ago

Part of the core .net framework allows you to not only create performance counters, but also allows you to read from them as well. We will show how you can easily create hooks to take advantage of these counters and read in the data. read more...

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Building a NAnt script - Part 5: Adding MSTest results to your build s(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 10 months ago

Taking a look at how to add in the ability to run the MSTest testing engine via our scripts to run our MSTest unit tests. read more...

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Isolation Frameworks: Learning how to Stub (dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 10 months ago

Learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests. In this episode we will start off our learning experience by learning the basics. We will be taking a look at how to setup stubs/fakes in order to hard wire return values for our objects/methods. read more...

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Exploring Code Contracts: Taking a look at Object Invariant Conditions(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 10 months ago

Taking a look at the new Code Contracts library which is out of MS Research and will be part of .Net 4.0/Vs2010. Contracts allow for many different ways to perform language agnostic code validation and in this episode we are going to focus on how to utilize the Object Invariant checking to maintain an objects state. read more...

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Creating Custom Functions w/ NAnt(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 10 months ago

Taking a look at how to create a custom function for your NAnt script. After you have the basics of NAnt down you may quickly find out that there are features you need, but they are not part of the core library. The good news for you is that in very little effort or coding you can create your own custom assembly which will expose your newly created NAnt functions read more...

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Exploring how to use Expressions w/ Spark(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 11 months ago

Exploring how to use Expressions w/ Spark. We are going to take a look at the various different ways you can use Looping Expressions with the Spark View engine. read more...

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Learning the Decorator Pattern (dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 11 months ago

Taking at how we can use the Decorator Pattern in our application. The decorator pattern is a structural pattern which allows you to attach new or additional actions to an object dynamically. Using the decorator pattern provides a very clean and flexible alternative to subclassing (via inheritance) your object and thus creating an unwanted inheritance tree read more...

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Exploring how to use Expressions w/ Spark(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 11 months ago

Taking a look at the various different ways you can use Expressions with the Spark View engine. We are going to review simply scenarios such as math based expressions and move up to looking at nested if-then-else statements. read more...

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Exploring Code Contracts: Taking a look at Pre/Post Conditions(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 11 months ago

Taking a look at the new Code Contracts library which is out of MS Research and will be part of .Net 4.0/Vs2010. Contracts allow for many different ways to perform language agnostic code validation and in this episode we are going to focus on how to setup pre and post condition validation. read more...

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