Travis.Net.Blog : C#

HTML Output Abstraction and SubSonic

mxmissile — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:50:00 GMT

Jason has a posted a good read on the topic here.

On the topic of SS, I'm still on the fence. I grew up with WORM and have since migrated to NHibernate. I'm just not sure about the "Generate my domain from the database schema." idea. Unfortunately I mostly work with an older legacy db where I can't really redefine the schema (legacy apps are still in use) to match my domain model. Using a mapping file based mapper allow me to use my own naming convention versus a convention created 10+ years ago. With new projects I would *never* let my db schema dictate my domain, its not worth the stranglehold, but I cant start from scratch all the time.

Hiring!

mxmissile — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:09:00 GMT

We are hiring a full time ASP.NET Developer!

Location: Salt Lake City, UT 84121

Status: Full Time, Employee Or Contract

Job Category: Computers, Software Relevant Work Experience: 1+ to 2 Years

Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager)

Education Level: High School or equivalent

Environment: Totally laid back! Cool company. (I can't express this enough :)

Over tech'ed description: :-)
Job Purpose: Enhances user capabilities and satisfaction by planning, developing, and testing web-based applications. Duties:

* Confirms site objectives by analyzing and validating user requirements; identifying new features and functionality and the streamlining and upgrading of existing features.

* Develops Web applications by studying existing technology architecture; analyzing browser compatibility techniques; evaluating solution alternatives; developing prototypes; building n-tier, scalable, and multimedia applications; programming objects, events, functions, error trapping, data verification, animations, interactions, and dynamic updating; designing, installing, and configuring databases; completing documentation.

* Develops user interfaces by preparing a workflow chart and diagram based on subject matter, human factors, and logic; writing queries involving table alterations, views, selects, inner and outer joins, and optimized queries.

* Integrates applications by studying and establishing connectivity with network systems, databases, search engines, and information servers. * Confirms Web applications by planning and conducting tests; modifying program sequence and/or debugging codes; resolving problems.

* Maintains team accomplishments by communicating essential information; coordinating actions; obtaining expert input; reviewing open issues and action items; contributing information to team meetings and reports. * Reduces costs and improves serviceability by preparing reusable component design.

* Updates job knowledge by researching new web technologies; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

* Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Required Skills: C#, ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server

Helpful Skills/Qualifications: Analyzing Information , Problem Solving, Verbal Communication, Customer Focus, Customer Service, Web User Interface Design, Functional and Technical Skills, Problem Solving, Quality Focus, Web Programming Skills, Written Communication

Bonus Skills: Domain Driven Design, Agile!

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Links 4 Later IV

Travis — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:23:00 GMT

Tree Surgeon

TDD, DB, and Unit Tests - Book or Article?

Travis — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:35:00 GMT

Can anyone recommend a good book or article on writing unit tests to cover object persistance and retrieval via a relational database? Or maybe on writing tests covering general data access.

Agile Day Here @ travis.net.blog

Travis — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:18:00 GMT

Patterns for Daily Stand-up Meetings

Martin Fowler has posted a nice piece on "scrums" writen by Jason Yip.

"The daily stand-up meeting is simple to describe: the whole team meets every day f
or a quick status update. This short definition does not really tell you the subtle details that distinguish a good stand-up from a bad one."

Now if only...

Bridging the Gap

Scott Ambler's latest article in Dr. Dobb's Journal is available online here.

"Usability is a quality attribute of a system, which encompasses learnability, efficiency, memorability, error recovery, and end-user satisfaction."

Links 4 Later II

Travis — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:34:00 GMT

Another Sharp?

Travis — Tue, 23 May 2006 16:28:00 GMT

Found a new baby, Script# Prototype.

Compiler Warnings vs Code Analysis

Travis — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:25:00 GMT

public class Team

{

private IList<Athlete> athletes;

...

}

Compiler Warning: Field Team.athletes is never assigned to, and will always have its default value null.

( its assigned to in my mapper layer )

public class Team

{

public Team()

{

athletes = null;

}

private IList<Athlete> athletes;

...

}

Code Analysis Warning: Team.Team() initializes field entries of type System.Collections.Generic.IList<Athlete> to null. Remove this initialization as it will be done automatically by the runtime.

What am I doing wrong here? Initializing athletes in the Team constructor to a new List<Athlete>() seems like a waste since its being set/initialized in my factory.

Update: Kicks to Stuart for "setting" me right.

USB Barcode Scanners

Travis — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:44:00 GMT

Mike Hall posted about how easy it is to use WEPOS and a USB barcode scanner. Which got me thinking about a project I have coming on the horizon. I will be looking for a decent handheld barcode scanner(s) (maybe wireless), anyone recommend a good hand held scanner to work with WEPOS? Or maybe integrates with .NET somehow? Plug and Play? I dont think I want a "wedge" type.

Bleh

Travis — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:33:00 GMT

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;907757

Test Driven Delopment Book

Travis — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:48:00 GMT

Anyone have any suggestions for a book on Test Driven Development (using Nunit if possible)? Maybe from a beginner - intermediate standpoint.

Class, DAL, and Performance

Travis — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:37:00 GMT

Say I have a class (MyClass) with 20-30 properties. On a page hit I instantiate MyClass and pass it to my DAL to bind the properties from a record in a database. Then go about binding Labels, TextBoxes, etc from properties associated with MyClass.

Well what if my .aspx page only uses one property in the class? Is it not overkill to instantiate the class, pass it to my DAL, bind 20-30 properties only to use one string property to display in a Label? If a page does not use all/most of the properties of a class, it seems like a lot of mashing using this method. On a low traffic site, I am sure this is ok, but on a site that gets pounded....

Or am I going about this completely wrong... How *should* something like this be handled? Because I am sure I am missing something.

C# Programming Guidlines

Travis — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:42:00 GMT

Last week(?) someone posted a link or maybe a complete blog post on C# programming guidelines. (Or was it best practices?) I cannot seem to locate it. Anyone have a link?

Smart Paster

Travis — Fri, 21 May 2004 21:56:00 GMT

Michael Swanson just posted about Alex Papadimoulis's Smart Paster. Posting this so I dont forget.