Archives
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Unit testing with HttpContext
I've become a real fan of unit testing, though I was somewhat skeptical about its use in Web apps. NUnitASP is pretty cool for testing UI, but what I really needed was a way to test classes running in the context of a Web app, not actual requests for pages.
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How do you handle a record not found?
Just out of curiosity, how do you handle a database record not found?
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I really dig the provider model
As I've been musing lately about how to integrate POP Forums with the new security features of ASP.NET v2, I have to say that I really, really dig the new provider model. Since I had to come up with all of the plumbing once upon a time to set roles and such, this is much easier having to just write the plumbing code to the data store.
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NUnit against v2 of .NET Framework?
Thought I'd toss this out to the “blogosphere” (I hate that term)... Has anyone been able to make NUnit work with the May build of .NET v2? I was able to get the source to compile, but running it throws errors I'm too dense to understand. Not sure if it's being configured right either.
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Rob Howard goes solo
Wow... I couldn't believe it when I read that Rob Howard was going solo. Didn't see that coming.
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Membership in POP Forums revisited again
Last week I posed the question on whether or not I should write my own Membership provider for use in POP Forums. As I mentioned in that post, I already have my People class that does so much of what Membership does, but it might be convenient for users including the forum in their app to use the familiar (well, it'll be familiar someday!) Membership class instead of my own.
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What am I uninstalling?
While uninstalling .NET Framework v2.0...
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Source Safe by HTTP: It's about time!
I just read this about Visual SourceSafe 2005:
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I am not at Tech-Ed!
...But the weather here in Cleveland is fairly nice, and I'll be riding roller coasters tomorrow.
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Self-employment: Week 1
Since quitting my job last week, I can't tell you how liberated I feel. Aside from some final pay issues to deal with, I really feel like I'm living on my own terms.
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Today is the day...
Today is the day that I voluntarily quit my day job.
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Integrating Membership and Profile with POP Forums
Now that I'm finally getting more comfortable with VS 2005, I think I'm going to start writing some code for POP Forums v8. I'm in a funny place though regarding the membership system I already have.
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Writing a book is a bitch...
OK, actually I already knew that. No, actually I'm not finding it that hard getting pen to paper. It's the time... there isn't enough time.
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Launched a new site last night!
Finally, Walt and I launched PointBuzz last night. The premise is simple: I don't have the desire to maintain a ton of content, and would rather write code, while Walt likes to produce content. So we combined Virtual Midway and Guide to The Point into PointBuzz. It is, without question, the greatest unofficial Cedar Point site ever created.
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Open source: Far from a reason not to use .NET
I love the little holy wars that go on in various forums about why .NET sucks or whatever. Those who state this are generally folks that have never used the platform. One of their key “arguments” is the lack of open source community around it.
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"I'm blogging this." Huh?
So I wore my new “I'm blogging this” shirt from ThinkGeek.com to my J.O. volleyball tournament Saturday. None of my girls knew what it meant, and their parents were just as clueless. Only one of the officials (a young, not geeky cutie) actually got it.
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The demise of TechTV. Good thing they didn't get Disney.
The mental giants at Comcast bought TechTV, now they're going to close it. How f'ing stupid is that?
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Is it 2005 yet?
Just installed the March build of Visual Studio 2005. Even better than the last build in terms of just working.
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HR and off-shoring
Wally McClure had an interesting response to Intel's CEO regarding some comments he made about off-shoring.
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The documentation is the code. Duh!
Let me start by saying that I tend to agree with most of the common tenants of extreme/agile programming, as well as test-driven development.