So I recently was working on a system that used extensive need of delayed factory support for dependencies on our components. Effectively if ClassDepending needed to use ClassDepended, the constructor parameter was instead Func<ClassDepended>. This...

So had a fun business entity that needed a write only set of data that contained no duplicates (involved a security auditing trail if you care to know). That's when I realized we didn't have anything like this in the BCL. So here's a fun little ISet<T>...

This is really an add-on to this post here . Turns out most people were only thinking that you could execute SQL strings only as opposed to detailed parameterized SQL statements. That's not correct. It's all supported and approved. Scenario 1. Using...

Powerpoint outline for a class I used to teach regarding the topic of TDD. Recently was asked by a coworker to use this and decided to share with the world. Download as use as needed for your own training. Written in 2005 and references Visual Studio...

It's pretty obvious that MSMQ is a bit of a dark art out there. People know it exists, everyone knows someone somewhere that knows a guy who once did something with it, and like practitioners of esoteric arts, the technology is looked upon with distrust...

Been meaning to post this for a long while now. Pretty much sums me up :) thanks to Scott Adams and his wonderful wit!

OK all of you readers out there should know and love Powershell by now and you are using it constantly, right? If not get on with it! One of the most exciting things that came out of version 2 was the ability to perform remoting. Basically the ability...

where the set of D is dimensions and the set of M is measures. Let F(x) calculate the number of members and G(x) the size of the member. Debate. edit: I should have noted this is the approximation of the size. Depending on storage system there...

OK let’s make this clear. You can totally call SQL Functions, SQL SPROCS, or any other raw SQL statement and use it in EF Code Only. What you don’t get is automatic or fluent API configuration statements that perform this mapping work for...

First of all, I don't actually have a better term for tradtional use of XAML compiled as part of an assembly (BAML format) other than to coin the term "firm" XAML in response to the now common term, "loose xaml" (.xamlx files). If you have a better term...

So until we get EF 4.2 and the support for enumerations as first class citizens those of us needing support have resigned ourselves to the simple fact that we are forced to expose a property for the integer value for EF to use and wrap that value with...

So it's become apparent that the documentation (actually concrete examples in my personal opinion) for Windsor Container are a little lacking in the area of showing people how to indicate a specific component instance registration for depenency injection...

HAd this passed to me from the SQL Tips DL here at the 'soft and decided to repost it here to 1. remember about it and 2. share the tidbit INSERT MULTIPLE RECORDS WITH TABLE VALUE CONSTRUCTOR Author: Saleem Hakani (Microsoft Corporation) ...

It's no secret that I am a fan of Windsor Container. Here's a really great series of Advanced Windsor Container Tricks posts that I am linking here for reference Registering Delegates & A Delegate Factory Facility Auto registration How...

So plenty has been written about the mismatch in between the Silverlight browser plug-in and WCF messaging with fault use cases over HTTP. For those of you that didn't know about this then here's your chance to catchup: According to the documentation...

So if you happen to have an EventInfo class and need to determine if the event is static or instance, it isn't actually immeidately clear if this is supported. Most of the MemberInfo basic types expose a property named IsStatic that indicates if this...

Editorial note: EF 4.1 was released as part of the .Net 4 Platform Update 1 release. You should use the information at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2011/04/11/ef-4-1-released.aspx for training now. For those of you interested in POCO In EF4...

Now that’s a great exception message. I think we all can take a clue from the Castle team when it comes to making exceptions meaningful. Instead of next time effectively saying "something went wrong" with our exceptions, really spell out exactly...

How to add providers at runtime programmatically So if you are like me, you are a fan of not reinventing the wheel. This is especially true of components like Membership, Roles, Authentication, Personalization and whatnot. While I take some issue with...

For primers, you need to read this post first: http://buffered.io/2008/07/29/unit-tests-boldly-crossing-boundaries-and-gently-breaking-rules/ So the other day I received an email from a group that I am assisting in understanding TDD, Test Concepts...

A simple list of items no developer should be without. VS 2010 Productivity Tools http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef OData Visualizer http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/f4ac856a...

So here's a lightweight handy WCF service instance provider that takes a slightly different approach than most of what we've seen so far. Usually most people want to use an IInstanceProvider implementation to work with their DI container of choice. Common...

OK I am going to let you in on a dirty little secret about Astoria based services. This secret is probably not even known to you. Ready to hear it? Really? Well here it is: You'd better never have anything go wrong as you'll never know it. It devours...

So everyone reading this (or at least hopefully everyone) will know that putting data access logic into the UI is anti-pattern of all anti-patterns. I am going to sidestep the issue of simple utilities and one-off screens and trivial applications for...

So let me start with by saying that I love the Geneva Framework. Stuart Kwan and team have so far produced a most excellent product. In fact, we were so impressed with it we struck an agreement with the WIF team back in early 2008 to get access to the...