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... but this one's not about tools for writing code per se. I'd like to share a bit about the tools I recently used to build a new travel website, MuchaCostaRica.Com I launched this week with two partners. Actually, this entire post is a thinly veiled attempt at getting some Google juice over there, but if you're interested in building websites and better tooling, read on. The obvious analogy when mentioning tooling is to building construction, and it's spot on. I'm in the middle of some home renovations, and one tool I've purchased is a Paslode nailer, and it can never be overstated.. Having the right tools for the right job will turn a tedious job into a joy. Hammering nails is about the worst jobs I can imagine, especially...
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Don't you hate when tools try to promote themselves in your work, especially if you paid for them? Last night I was noavigatin around in Reflector when I stoped by the embedded resource named System.Data.Odbc.OdbcMetaData.xml (in System.Data.dll 2.0). What I saw was both familiar and a little aggravating. <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <!-- edited with XMLSPY v5 rel. 4 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Carl Perry (Microsoft) --> <NewDataSet> ... xml content here ... <NewDataSet> In a way I also felt vindicated that MS is also a victim of this shameless, intrusive advertisement after inflicting it on many others as well (I'm talking to you ASP.NET HTTP Headers). BTW, thank you Visual Studio...
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After the IoC talk we had the monthly discussion. This time we tried the fishbowl format (or some aproximation of that). The topic was ORMs. Read More...
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I finally got some time to import and upload the videos of September's Chicago ALT.NET meeting that happened almost 2 weeks ago. In this first video jdn shows how DI and IoC containers can be used to add flexibility to an application design. Read More...
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This is a post that I had written a while back and never committed to it, I think it's because the title has the potential to kick up a storm. Well I have been reading the new http://stackoverflow.com web site for the past couple of hours (I know I should be doing some real work, but I would put it down to research). What a brilliant site, well done guys. Anyway the census I have come to is that re unit tests: "Start afresh. Only think about writing tests when you are writing new code. This can be re-working of old code, or a completely new feature." link Well I am going through a refactoring period at the moment before the next big project kicks off. Following Martin Fowlers advice on not having to do large spells of it, but just...
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Found this excellent tool today. http://www.stripegenerator.com Read More...
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I'm about to start a new project where we'll be using JetBrain's TeamCity continuous integration. The list of features is superior to CruiseControl.NET, and it seems to have gathered a greater community of users, so I decided to give it a try. There are numerous pages which describe its configuration and features, so I will not go through that here, whenever I have something to say about it, I'll write a post. Meanwhile, Patrick Smacchia of NDepend has been very kind and offered me a professional license of NDepend! I am very excited about this tool, but have only barely scratched it's surface, so when I have more news, I'll let you know. I guess I'll have to update my Configuration Items List post once again... oh...
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Clone Detective is a tool that integrates with Visual Studio and uses the ConQAT ( Con tinuous Q uality A ssessment T oolkit) to analyze C# projects and search for duplicated source code. Watch the videos and see if this is the tool you were looking for. Read More...
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Downloaded it Installed it Love it! www.microsoft.com/ie8 Unlike beta 1, I am gladly surprised by this version! IE8 really improve the way you browse the web. The IE team seems to have listened to users more than usual, did a strong research on how people browse the web, and as a result worked a lot on user experience. First we have a wonderful new tab experience . I am a really heavy tab user, usually after 5 minutes of surfing I have more than 25 tabs opened and my browser start to freeze (I have IE taking 400 MB of memory more than often). Related tabs are grouped by color, that means all the tabs opened from links on one tab are identified with the same color. Tabs are more isolated from each other so crashes won’t stop your browsing session...
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Rake is just... lovely . There's no other way to describe it. I just moved the XEVA Framework build script to rake and ended up with this build script weighing in at only 35 lines: DOT_NET_PATH = "C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v3.5/" NUNIT_PATH = "tools//nunit-2.4.6//nunit-console.exe" PACKAGE_PATH = "build/package" SOLUTION = "src/XF.sln" CONFIG = "Debug" task :default => ["build:all"] namespace :build do task :all => [:compile, :harvest, :test] desc "Use MSBuild to build the solution: '#{SOLUTION}'" task :compile do sh "#{DOT_NET_PATH}msbuild.exe /p:Configuration=#{CONFIG} #{SOLUTION}" end desc "Harvest build outputs to: '#{pwd}...
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