Contents tagged with .NET
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nBuilder, Ugly Outfitters and VM Workshop
In this episode of the Polymorphic Podcast I interview Gareth Down of nBuilder. Writing demo applications, prototypes and tests just got a whole lot easier using the fluent interface of nBuilder to quickly generate test objects in .NET.
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Serialize and Deserialize JSON
On one of the projects I am working on I needed a way to work get the JSON string generated from some sort of serialization process. If you are working Ajax or MVC controller actions, this work is done for you automatically, but I wanted the string all by itself. After some searching I ran across this article How to: Serialize and Deserialize JSON Data. The article is great, and gave me everything I needed to know, but I thought I would make it a little cleaner and wrap it all up in a class.
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VM Workshop: Model View ViewModel (MVVM) and the Presentation Model Pattern in 5 UI Platforms
For some reason the family of design patterns that exist around the Model View Controller pattern seem to be an elusive band of characters. The first time I encountered Model View Controller I studied the text hard trying to understand how the Strategy, Observer and Composite patterns worked together to accomplish some goal that – try as I might - remained fuzzy. Somehow I have a sense that I am not alone.
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AutoMapper with Jimmy Bogard
Jimmy Bogard, lead developer for the AutoMapper project, joins us today to discuss the inner workings and applications of the object-to-object mapper AutoMapper.
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4 Elements of Professional WPF Applications
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Installing .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 - My Gotchas
I just finished installing SP1 for .NET 3.5 and VS2008. I thought I would share the hoops I had to jump through in the event it saves you some time. Actually the process wasn't too painful. Be careful to remain patient during the install process though - the installers churned VERY SLOWLY on my machine, but eventually I had a successful install.
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Full Disclosure Debugging
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The Performance of Everyday Things
Each day we all use everyday things to accomplish everyday tasks. For programmers our everyday tools are arrays, loops and OOP constructs. We all use them, but are we all aware of the performance implications? In his talk, The Performance of Everyday Things, Jeffery Richter asks the question, "Do you know what goes on under the hood in .NET?"
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Gu & Guy Speak, Controversy and MVC Contrib
Getting back into the swing of things after MIX08 has proven to be fun and productive. I have a number of podcasts that I hope you can find the time to check out. (It almost seems like we need to make our commutes longer just so we can consume all the new content that’s being created each week!)