Wierdness with Fitnesse
Monday, February 01 2010
tips
I ran into something really weird with
FitNesse (the acceptance testing framework) today. Chances are, it’s something I’ve done wrong -
but I can’t work out what. If you know, please comment below!– Updated below with the solution.
Adding AzMan Operations
Wednesday, February 03 2010
tips
If you ever find yourself using AzMan and can’t work out how to add a new operation (as I did today), here’s the key (and hard to Google) step.
Improving on POCO: The ORM Problem
Thursday, February 04 2010
tips
One area where improving on POCO has potential to impact greatly is that of database persistence - the domain of the object relation mapper, or ORM.
A Discovery in Linq: Lookup
Thursday, February 11 2010
csharp
I’ve been using Linq to Objects for quite some time - so it was quite a surprise to me when I discovered something new recently - the LookUp class.
A Great Upgrade Experience
Saturday, February 13 2010
ux
It’s helpful when applications let me know that new versions have been released, especially when it’s a browser letting me know about a security update.
An Obscure FxCop feature
Tuesday, February 16 2010
immutable-types
This has to qualify as an obscure FxCop feature:
Validation shouldn't be a Blunt Instrument
Thursday, February 18 2010
tips
As developers, we know that data validation is important - the security of our systems and the integrity of our data is vitally dependent upon it. Unfortunately, security and integrity seems to be the limit to which most systems apply
Evil ToString()
Tuesday, February 23 2010
smart-code
Courtesy of a tweet from Scott Hanselman, here’s a nifty
ToString() extension method that allows you to name properties and fields directly.
Process Improvement
Thursday, February 25 2010
professional
It’s interesting to see how different people react to the idea of process improvement. Most people fall into one of two camps - I’ll term these the Conservatives and the Radicals.
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