March 2008 - Posts

SQL Server 2008 - All For You Sweepstakes
31 March 08 12:14 PM

So I'm not generally one for random promotions - just like I'm that guy who will predictably break the chain in an email forward.  However, I do want to let you know about the SQL Server 2008 "All For You" Sweepstakes for a couple reasons. Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 1 Comments    

Filed under: MSDN Magazine

Building NHibernate 1.2.1GA on .NET 3.5
20 March 08 02:49 PM

I recently reached a point where for reasons that I'm sure you can all relate to, I decided to clean my laptop and rebuild.  I therefore did a clean install of Vista with SP1.  As a quick aside, SP1 does actually seem to improve performance Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, Visual Studio 2008, NHibernate, My Toolbox

New Addition to My Toolbox
08 March 08 07:46 PM

When it comes to creating CDs and DVDs, I pretty much have a singular need - burning ISO images of software.  Therefore, I always find myself pretty annoyed with the "everything and the kitchen sink" tools like Nero and Roxio and I've been Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Vista, My Toolbox

Last Old Blog Code Update
06 March 08 11:12 PM

Ok - after posting this update, I'll consider myself caught up with regard to picking up the pieces of my old blog. This is the updated code sample for creating custom mapping types in NHibernate . The updated sample provides a loose example of implementing Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, Test Driven Development, Architecture, LINQ, NHibernate

Attachment(s):Demo.CustomMappingTypes Solution.zip

Old TDD Demo Blog - Digest and Code
01 March 08 11:24 PM

Several of you have emailed me over the past several months asking if I had a copy of the blog text and/or code that I had mentioned in a much earlier blog entry . As it turns out, a good friend of mine found some old archived versions of the site on Read More...

Postedby hdierking | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Microsoft .NET Programming, Test Driven Development, Agile, LINQ, NHibernate

Attachment(s):Demo and Digest.zip