Fluent NHibernate and those sweet LINQ repositories(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 9 months ago

Hidden gems in this cool open source library. read more...

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Zero-effort mapping for NHibernate?(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 9 months ago

Writing mappings is tedious. A computer should be able to do it for me. I'd rather just write code and have my mapper figure out what to do with it. There are exceptions, of course, but most of the time this is how I feel. read more...

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Generate State Machine diagrams from your POCO Entities(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 10 months ago

Don't use a modeling tool or DSL to generate code. Instead, use a fluent interface to express state machines in your POCO entities. Then, automatically generate diagrams from the code, and use these to facilitate communication with project stakeholders. read more...

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A simpler DSL for GUI state machines(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 10 months ago

A simpler way of expressing state machines in code. read more...

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Sad :-( Over 313 Votes of no confidence for ADO .NET Entity Framework(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 11 months ago

This makes me sad. So far over 313 people have given a vote of no confidence in the ADO .NET Entity Framework, and it's rising by the hour. read more...

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Database Garbage Collection (for Business Entities)(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 11 months ago

Should garbage collection for entities be a first-class-citizen in the domain model? read more...

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Is the State Pattern broken?(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 11 months ago

Looking at why we don't see the state pattern used throughout business software read more...

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Should invalid business entities be saved?(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 11 months ago

Discussion into whether validation and saving of entities is related. This may appeal to people using Ruby on Rails, NHibernate, Entity Framework or any other business-object centric approach. read more...

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SQL Sparklines(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 11 months ago

Edward Tufte style sparklines in your favourite SQL tool :) read more...

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A .NET State Pattern for Business Entities(tobinharris.com)

submitted by tobinharris(425) 3 years, 11 months ago

Sometimes you want entities to have different validation and behaviour for different states. This is a first attempt at an alternative implementation to the State pattern. read more...

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