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How to Force Comments When Doing Check-In in TFS by jdanforth

I was looking for a policy like this, and found this blog article by Claus Konrad: http://blog.clauskonrad.net/2010/08/tfs-2010-how-to-force-comments-when.html Now, unfortunately everyone in the project has to have the TFS Power Tools installed to make...
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MSTest and Calling Exe with Sample Data Files by jdanforth

For various reasons I’m using MSTest for my unit tests and I have this console app which generates a PDF file from an XML file that needed some tests. So, when moving the unit tests over to a TFS build server, having hard coded paths to test data files...
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Command Handling the Nancy Way by jdanforth

MiniBuss is a micro service bus framework over msmq which consists of less than 400 lines of code, sitting inside one single source file. The project is hosted over at http://minibuss.codeplex.com and the source code is maintained at https://github.com...
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More MiniBuss Updates by jdanforth

MiniBuss is a micro service bus framework over msmq which consists of less than 400 lines of code, sitting inside one single source file. The project is hosted over at http://minibuss.codeplex.com Thanks to @CodingInsomnia for testing out the MiniBuss...
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MiniBuss Updates by jdanforth

I made a small update to MiniBuss , the micro service bus framework. The messages you send, Commands and Events, are no longer dependent on IMessage . The messages sent on the bus can now be any .NET class which can be safely serialized. The MiniBuss...
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MiniBuss on Codeplex by jdanforth

The micro service bus framework for msmq called MiniBuss is now open source on Codeplex at http://minibuss.codeplex.com There is also now a NuGet package available for easy install into projects: If you’re interested in co-op on this project, please contact...
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A One File .NET Micro Service Bus for MSMQ? by jdanforth

This last year our company has invested quite some time in looking at CQRS, which led to looking at great looking service-buses like nServiceBus , Rhino Service Bus and Mass Transit , which led me to do some bus-coding on my own, mostly for fun and for...
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Pomodoro Timer for the Windows 7 TaskBar by jdanforth

EDIT: The code is now open source on codeplex, on http://pomodorotaskbar.codeplex.com There's a new version available for download there too. If you’re into the Pomodoro technique and looking for a pretty simple out-of-the-way timer which sits in the...
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Create Tag-Cloud from RSS Feed in ASP.NET MVC by jdanforth

Say you want to generate your own tag-cloud from a list of categories or tags you pull from an RSS-feed or similar. This is one way to do it. I’m using ASP.NET MVC for this sample which creates a simple tag-cloud in a Razor-view with HTML looking something...
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Never, never, never do Office interop on the server by jdanforth

I’ve been telling people this for years and years, and still I stepped right into the mudhole a month ago. I blame stress, but still I shouldn’t have. It’s so easy to just add the interop assemblies and off you go… until you try running your stuff on...
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