David Waddleton's Geek Speak

Part 2: Using LINQ XML in your Unit Testing

David Waddleton — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:28:55 GMT

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...(read more)

An implementation of a Generic Container for WCF

David Waddleton — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:23:15 GMT

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...(read more)

Are you using LINQ? Lets get started.

David Waddleton — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:52:43 GMT

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...(read more)

Back to Posting again.

David Waddleton — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:43:46 GMT

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...(read more)

WCF and 404.3 Errors

David Waddleton — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:58:24 GMT

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...(read more)

How To: Using Embedded Resources in a Class Library

David Waddleton — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:46:47 GMT

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...(read more)

ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Released

David Waddleton — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:47:53 GMT

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.net/scottgu/archive/2007/01/23/asp-net-ajax-1-0-released.aspx...(read more)

Personal Note: This is my dog!!

David Waddleton — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:50:15 GMT

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

ASP.NET AJAX Beta / CTP Release

David Waddleton — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:46:00 GMT

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 3)...(read more)

Free .NET Framework 3.0 eLearning Clinics

David Waddleton — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:27:20 GMT

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...(read more)

Why and how would I Mock a Web Service? (In VS 2005)?

David Waddleton — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:30:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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David Waddleton — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:00:00 GMT

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Geek Speak - Useful functions

David Waddleton — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:56:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Geek Speak - Converting HTML to XAML

David Waddleton — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:11:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Wow, Am I lost? But Found Again - Avalon

David Waddleton — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:12:00 GMT

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 becuase I could not tell you about it until it was public. Take a look I know that you will like it.

Current Stuff: So I am done with that. Have you seen http://www.microsoft.com/rss/. That is another team with my group's work. So you are probably wondering what am I doing now. Well, I am working on creating WinFx clients and components. I am going to start sharing some of my experiences with WinFX (Avalon). I know that one of my stumbling block with such a new technology is that some of the examples are limited. I have put together a medium size application utilizing many new features and concepts. I will share some of what I have done in small pieces.

Here are some great resources for you get started with Avalon:

http://wpf.netfx3.com/
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?forumgroupid=24&siteid=1
http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/

Get the bit from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/products/getthebeta/