Technorati Tags: Unit Test , LINQ , XML In Part 1 ,  we talked about creating LINQ objects  and getting data.  This time, we are going to show how to use XML with LINQ to test a SQL database.  This part is really not difficult, we...

I am currently writing a service using WCF.  One of the things that I need to expose is a container that wraps my results to provide counts. I came up with the below implementations.  One of the things that becomes a problem is the resulting...

So, I am going to talk about LINQ.  There are a lot of great resources out there on LINQ.  I am going to have a series of articles on building an application utilizing LINQ, WCF and other technologies. Some of the things that I want to show...

I have been busy with my work @ Microsoft.  Just in case you have not hear of what I am working on.  My team is responsible for the new forums that Expressions is using.  http://forums.expression.microsoft.com/en/forums   Try it out...

After building, a WCF service in Windows Server 2003, I thought no big deal, for Windows Server 2008.  I deployed the service on my Windows Server 2008 machine and started getting 404.3 errors only with my WCF service.  After checking that I...

I came across the situation, where I needed to use an embedded resource file in a class library file. After spending much time, scratching my head trying to figure out how to get to the embedded resource. This is what I found. First, you will need to...

I am a bit late, but because of how busy I have been, I forgot to mention that ASP.NET AJAX has been released. Scott Guthrie has a great post with some great resources about what is new and resources to help you get started. Links: http://weblogs.asp...

I say this cartoon, and I said "That is my dog!!". Link to Get Fuzzy Technorati tags: Funny , Dog , Pet

The ASP.NET AJAX Beta is now live. This release includes a number of significant changes: 1) An update to http://www.asp.net/ and http://Ajax.asp.net/ to support the release 2) A comprehensive whitepaper detailing changes between the CTP’s and Beta...

Wow, you have got to look at this!! The WPF team is making this training available free till the lauch of .NET Framework 3.0. More Context: Collection 5134: Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio® 2005 This collection...

Well, in my current project, this question appeared very early on. Since, I am doing Test-Driven Development, I need to test my web service data layer, but I don’t need it all of the time. I used a pattern called Constructor based Dependency Injection...

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I would like to share some useful functions for you to use. This is part of an application that I will eventually share when I get it completed. In my last post, I showed how to create a FlowDocument from HTML, well I put that code into a function. The...

Well, I have been playing with Avalon for a bit. One of the things that I have been playing with is a RSS viewer, just a little hobby. Viewing blogs were not difficult, but the displaying of the HTML from the RSS is where the problems start. But what...

Well, everyone it has been a while since I have blogged. I have not forgotten how. I just have been extremely busy. Have you gone out to the http://www.codeplex.com site? That was a project that I was working on. The is part of the reason for not blogging...

Just in case you ever do what I did during my installation. You are thinking, why would you ever do something like that. Well, I had a machine conflict on my network, who would guess!! Well, I had to rename my machine and sure enough. VSTF did not work...

In some situation, logging to the file system or to the event log, may not be sufficient to handle your error handling needs. For us at Microsoft, that is the case. Our production applications are “hands-off”, we don’t have physical access to the machines...

Well, I have not posted in a while, I have been super busy developing on some cool stuff. If you have not had a chance to start looking at Ajax, there are some cool stuff that you should look at. December CTP of Atlas Atlas Quickstarts fiftyfoureleven...

The Gotdotnet team is throwing a Birthday Party and all Gotdotnet users are invited! The party will occur at the Microsoft Visitor Center this Friday, November 18, 2005 between 6PM and 10PM. For more event details, see http://blogs.msdn.com/korbyp/archive...

Well, I have a little spare time. Between moving boxes and my kids soccer, so you know I don’t have that much. Well I have XM Radio and I just love it. Well, becuase of where I live and Seattle area, traffic. The trees get in the way when I am driving...

Well, as you know, I have moved to Redmond. I have have been here for just 6 weeks. I have not blogged as much, but I am starting to catch up. So here is what has been going on. I started a new team. I am working on the next version of GotDotNet Workspaces...

Situation: I am testing some code that had a constructor that using the configuration file. public XmlBase() { if (ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings != null) { connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["dbConnectionString...

Sorry for the late entry. I am in the middle of moving to Redmond. The packers are here and they have in a day packed my house and I am amazed. Three guys in half a day packed all of the inside of my house. Truly amazing!!! Here is the code: ...

Hey, Well, I will blogging about different stuff. I am officially moving to a new job. I am going to be the new Developer Lead over GotDotNet. ( http://www.gotdotnet.com ). So what does that really mean? I will be managing a group of developers, but...

I am already blogging about TechEd. But wait, am I at TechEd already, no! I will be at the airport for a 7:10 am flight to Orlando so that I can help setup the Hands On Lab machines. When you go, I created the landing page screen for the Hands On Labs...