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Episode #180: Handling System Errors in MVC

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to perform error handling in Asp.Net MVC.

We will focus on how you can build your MVC application to be able to handle 404 (file not found) and 500 errors (internal server error).

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Episode #179: Parallel Programming w/ Task Parallel Library

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how we can simplify parallel programming by using the Task Parallel Library which is part of .Net 4.0

We will take a look at how to move your code away from for and foreach and towards Parallel.For and Parallel.Foreach. These new methods allow you to parallelize your loops w/ little effort, but with large gains.

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Episode #178: Going Out Of Browser w/ Silverlight

Derik Whittaker — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how we can use the take our in-browser silverlight application and allow it to run Out of Browser (OOB).

We will take a look at how we can let silverlight perform the lifting as well as how we can provide coding to create the OOB application.

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Episode #177: Data Validation w/ MVC2

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how we can use the built-in features in MVC v2 to simplify data validation.

We will take a look at how we can use data annoations to validate both client side data submission (via javascript) and server side validation.

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Episode #176: Going Lazy with System.Lazy

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at the how to use the System.Lazy namespace.

One of the pretty cool new nuggets inside the .Net 4.0 framework is System.Lazy and System.Lazy. What System.Lazy brings to the table is a way to create objects which may need to perform intensive operations and defer the execution of the operation until it is 100% absolutely needed.

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Episode #175: Code Contracts: Learning to use Interface Contracts

Derik Whittaker — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

n this episode we are going to take a look at how to utilize some additional features in the Code Contracts library to validate the state of our application.

We are going to focus this episode on the feature of adding contracts to interfaces via buddy classes. This is a powerful feature as it allows us to inherit our contracts from interfaces.
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Episode #174: Understanding Navigation on Windows Phone 7

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue taking a look at the Windows Phone 7 Api.

In this episode we are going to focus on learning about the various ways you can navigate from page to page within your application. Because WP7 is based off of Silverlight 3.x you are able to utilize all the native silverlight navigation techniques such as static routing (hard wiring the .xaml path), using routes and using the NavigationService.

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Episode #173: Creating and using the Application Bar w/ Windows Phone 7

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to create the Application Bar for Windows Phone 7
When creating an application with Win Phone 7 you may need to create an application bar which contains menus or icons. In this episode we will show you how to create both global app bars as well as local app bars.

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Episode #172: Code Contracts: Validating state with Assert, Assume, ForAll, Exists

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to utilize some additional features in the Code Contracts library to validate the state of our application.

We are going to focus our efforts here to learn how to use Assert and Assume to validate a given value in our code. We will also learn how to use ForAll and Exists, which can be used to validate content inside of an array or a collection.

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Episode #171: Exploring how to use List Binding in MVC2

Donn Felker — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we are going to explore how create an editable Lists of data in MVC 2.

We will show you how to create this list by using the enhanced binding features which are part of MVC 2. Having the ability to easily bind your model to your view will provide great flexibility and convince.

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Episode #170: Moles: Mocking the Un-Mockable

Stephen Schaff — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Stephen Schaff

In this episode we are going to take at how to use Pex/Moles for .Net

Unit testing is great, but most free isolation frameworks require that your mocks implement an interface. But what do you do when the class you are trying to mock is static or sealed with no interface. If you can’t modify the class then your unit testing efforts are usually stuck. Moles, the new free isolation framework from Microsoft, supports mocking almost any CLR based class (including sealed and static classes).

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Episode #169: Hello World, I am Win Phone 7

Donn Felker — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we are going to take a first look at Windows Phone 7 Development.

In this episode we will walk through creating a simple hello world application as well as give a quick tour of how to use the emulator.

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Episode #168: Exploring how to use Layer Diagrams in VS2010

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to explore how to use the new Layer Diagram feature which is part of Visual Studio 2010.

The layer diagram feature of VS2010 is a new feature which allows you to create a map of your code (from the assembly level down to the method level) and then use that mapping later to validate your system still conforms to your architecture.

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Episode #167: Setting Up Basic Mappings w/ Fluent NHibernate

Derik Whittaker — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue taking a look at Fluent Nhibernate.

we are going to focus this episode on setting up basic mappings for NHibernate. We will focus on setting up Many-to-One (References) and One-To-Many (HasMany) references as these are the most common mappings you will need to setup.

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Episode #166: Setting Up Fluent NHibernate for your project

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use setup and configure Fluent NHibernate for usage. We will focus on how to setup your database settings as well as how to get your Fluent NHibernate mappings registered into the system.

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Episode #165: Introduction to Nhibernate.Burrow

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to implement the NHibernate.Burrow session management library.

NHibernate.Burrow is a light weight middleware developed to support .Net applications using NHibernate by providing advanced and smart session/transaction management and other facilitates.

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Episode #164: Learning how to use Manual Mocks for Testing

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use manual mocks for testing

Often times when creating unit tests we need to work in isolation in order to cover the paths we are attempting to test. When we want to test in isolation you can use a testing technique where you mock out your dependencies. When using Mocks you can either do it manually (what we are looking at) or you can use a mocking framework like Rhino Mocks. Either way you achieve the same results.

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Episode #163: Learning how to use the Extract Interface Technique

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

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Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at another refactoring technique, the Extract Interface technique.

This technique allows you to extract an interface from a class in order to break your concrete dependencies. By doing this you can provide yourself with better testing support as well as a better layer of abstractions.

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Episode #162: Learning how to use a Web Cam with Silverlight

Scott Seely — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Scott Seely

In this episode we are going to take a look at how you can setup and use a web camera in Silverlight. We will walk you though how to capture both the raw video as well as how to take snap shots of the video.

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Episode #161: A deeper look into AutoMapper: Custom Type Resolvers

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue looking at the AutoMapper framework.

AutoMapper is a framework which uses a convention-based matching algorithm to match up source to destination values. In this episode we are going to learn how to use type resolvers. Type resolvers allow you to perform custom value mapping in a very simple and elegant way with very little code

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Episode #160: A deeper look into AutoMapper: Projection and Flattening Objects

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue looking at the AutoMapper framework.

AutoMapper is a framework which uses a convention-based matching algorithm to match up source to destination values. In this episode we are going to take a deeper look at how you can flatten your model during transformation or perform projection during transformation.

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Episode #159: Working with Partials in Spark: Part 2

Donn Felker — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we are going to continue looking at how to use Partials within the Spark View Engine.

In this episode we will take a deeper look at partials and learn more about their _undocumented_ features. We will also be learning how partials will allow us to create clean, compartmentalized and well orgianized code.

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Episode #158: Exploring Operator Overloading in C#

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how create overloaded operators for your objects.

perator overloading permits user-defined operator implementations to be specified for operations where one or both of the operands are of a user-defined class or struct type. When creating your own operators there are many different operators which can be overloaded.

+, -, *, /, %, &, |, <<, >> All C# binary operators can be overloaded
+, -, !, ~, ++, –, true, false All C# unary operators can be overloaded
==, !=, <, >, <= , >= All relational operators can be overloaded, but only as pairs.

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Episode #157: Working with Partials in Spark: Part 1

Donn Felker — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use Partials within the Spark View Engine.

We will be taking a first look at partials and learn how we can setup our application to use partials as well as how to use them in your application. We will also be learning how partials will allow us to create clean, compartmentalized and well orgianized code.

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Episode #156: Learning how to use Named Content Areas w/ Spark

Donn Felker — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we are going to take a look at the how to setup and use Named Content Areas w/ the Spark view Engine. Named Content areas allow for an easy and simple way to organize the content or structure of you website.

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Episode #155: Exploring .Net 4 Features - Tuples

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue taking a look at some of the new features which are part of .Net 4.

We will be focusing this episode on Tuples. Tuples allow you to return multiple values from a method with simplicity and ease by allowing you to dynamically create a return object which is typed for your specific needs.

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Episode #154: How to host a WCF Service inside your Windows Service

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look how to host your WCF service inside your Windows Service. In many situations hosting WCF inside of IIS may not be the best solution for you or your team. When this is the case hosting inside a windows service may be the best solution and in this episode we will take a look at how you can accomplish this.

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Episode #153: Exploring .Net 4 Features - Named and Optional Parameters

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to start taking a look at some of the new features which are part of .Net 4.

We will be focusing this episode on Named and Optional Parameters. Optional Parameters all you to default values for your methods which can reduce the need to for overloading methods. Named parameters allow you to specify the exact parameter by Name when calling a method

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Episode #152: Introduction to MEF, Getting rolling with basic usage

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a quick look at the new plugin framework from Microsoft the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF for short).

In this episode we will explore how to setup your first MEF based plugin system and show how easy it can be.

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Episode #151: Introduction to NCover, setting up for analysis

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a quick look at how to setup and use the NCover code coverage and analysis tool.

Having the knowledge of the state of your code, is key to understanding the potential success and failures in your code. If having this knowledge is key to you, NCover is a great tool to help you better gain this knowledge

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Episode #150: Adding IoC Support to your WCF Services

Derik Whittaker — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

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Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a quick look at how to setup your WCF services to use an IoC Container.

When building out a set of services in WCF you still would like to follow the SOLID principles and in order to do this you may want to setup the ability to inject dependencies (via Structure Map) into your services at run time. With WCF extension points this is not only possible, but pretty easy

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Episode #149: Introduction to NDepend, adding NDepend to your Nant Script

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

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Author: Derik Whittaker

This episode we are we are going to take a look at the NDepend static analysis tool.

When taking a look at NDepend we are going first to do a simple fly-by of how to setup and run NDepend. Once we have our simple project up and running we are going to turn our focus at takig a look at how to run NDepend from our NAnt scripts. Running NDepend as part of our builds will allow us to have a clear picture of the state of our code with each build.

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Episode #148: Validating your XML Documents w/ XSD Schema

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

This episode we are going to take a look at how to perform XML message validation by using an XSD document schema. By creating an XSD schema you can simply and easily validate the structure and the data content of your document which will ensure your message is well formed.

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Episode #147: Abstracting away Dependencies for Simpler code

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

This episode is a direct request from an emailer that wanted to know how to abstract away WCF services to allow for better abstraction and simplier unit tests. In this episode we will take a look at the pain points around having direct knowledge of a web service can bring for not only testing, but in running your application. Once we understand the pain points we will take a look at how to abstract them away with the adapter pattern.

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Episode #146: Advanced Query Options with Lucene.Net

Kyle Baley — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Kyle Baley

In this episode we are going to continue our look at the Lucene.Net Search Engine Library. Lucene.Net is a source code, class-per-class, API-per-API and algorithmatic port of the Java Lucene search engine to the C# and .NET platform utilizing Microsoft .NET Framework. In this episode we will learn about more advanced ways to query a Lucene.Net Index. This will include the various ways you can setup your index for searching and how to do boolean searches.

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Episode #145: Getting started with Lucene.Net Search Library

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to start to take a look at the Lucene.Net Search Engine Library. Lucene.Net is a source code, class-per-class, API-per-API and algorithmatic port of the Java Lucene search engine to the C# and .NET platform utilizing Microsoft .NET Framework. In this episode we will learn the basics needed to simply get Lucene.net up and running.

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Episode #144: Learning the Iterator Pattern

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use the Iterator Design Pattern.

We will look at how using the Iterator Pattern can help you abstract the way in which you interact with a collection of data. This is helpful when you are working with various formats but you would like to create a constant way to work with each format.

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Episode #143: Performing Static Page Checking in MVC

Steven Andrews — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

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Author: Steven Andrews

In this episode we are going to take a look at how you can setup Static Type checking within your ASP.Net MVC web project. Having static checking is a great asset as it can reduce the chances of run time errors due to refactoring. Static checking will also allow the compiler to verify all your strongly typed objects are being called correctly.

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Episode #142: Isolation Frameworks: Learning to use Partial Mocks

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests.

This time around we are going to be focusing how to use Partial Mocks to test abstract classes and methods within a concrete class.

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Episode #141: Learning Nant: Creating Token Driving Configuration Files

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue our series on how to create a build script using the Nant build tool.

In this episode we going to take a look at how we can create dynamic config files by putting tokens in your files and letting Nant replace those tokens for each user based on their unique settings.

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Episode #140: Using Reflection to Invoke members

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use the reflection to invoke members on an object

Reflection can allow you to call methods, properties, etc of any scope on an object. This can be a very, very useful tool for the tool-belt for the times this is needed.

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Episode #139: Learning the Specification Pattern

Tim Barcz — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Tim Barcz

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use the specification pattern.

Business logic is the heartbeat of our application. It is what makes your application worth something to the business. In this episode we will explore the Specification Pattern and see how this simple pattern take your complex business logic and turn it into a more manageable and readable piece of art.

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Episode #138: Isolation Frameworks: Mocking Out/Ref Arguments

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests.

We are going to focusing this episode on how to setup you mocks when you need to mock a class with either Out or Ref arguements.

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Episode #137: Exploring Reflection: Using Reflection to find Markers

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to find varous markers (interfaces and attributes) on a class by using reflection. This technique can help you to build out dynamic loading/find type of logic in your pluggable applications.

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Episode #136: Exploring NDJango: Forms and Extensions

Alex Pedenko — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Alex Pedenko

In this second episode on NDJango view engine, we are gonig to continue converting the sample application we started last time. However, this time we are going to focus on creating forms, re-displaying data, and finally, creating our own NDjango tags without touching F#

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Episode #135: Exploring StructureMap: Learning how to setup profiles

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue our series were we are exploring some of the features of StructureMap 2.5.

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to setup profiles to allow the container to dynamicly determine which objects to inject.

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Episode #134: Refactoring Techniques: Learning the Wrap Method

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at a refactoring technique outlined in detail in Working Effectively with Legacy Code

We will walk though this technique and take a look at how it can help you to create better and more maintainable code.

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Episode #133: Learning how to Read & Write to the windows registry

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

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Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at reading and writing to the registry.

The registry is a bane to use and work with, but lets face it many, many applications we will work on will utilize it. Because of this fact we are going to review how to read and write data to it in a simple and easy fashion.

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Episode #132: Exploring StructureMap: Learning how to setup registries

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue our series were we are exploring some of the features of StructureMap 2.5.

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to setup and use the Registry feature of StructureMap. This is a feature that will allow the IoC container to scan for and find a method in a single class which will setup your mappings for the associated assembly.

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Episode #131: Exploring NDjango: Setting up NDjango for usage

Alex Pedenko — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Alex Pedenko

In this episode we are going to start a new series on using the NDjango view engine. We will cover installing NDjango, integrating it with an existing asp.mvc project, and some basic syntax features.

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Episode #130: Isolation Frameworks: Learning how to validate complex expectations

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests. We will focus our learning this time around on the various ways you can setup and validate complex expectations on your stubs/fakes. Validating these expectations will allow your to confirm in tests your dependencies are being used in the manor expected.

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Episode #129: How to read from Performance Counters

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to read data from custom performance counters.

Part of the core .net framework allows you to not only create (see episode 114) counters, but also allows you to read from them as well. We will show how you can easily create hooks to take advantage of these counters and read in the data.

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Episode #128: Exploring StructureMap: Learning how to setup Auto Registration

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to kickoff a new series were we will be exploring some of the features of StructureMap 2.5.

We are going to start off by looking at the simple use case and how to setup for Auto Registration. Auto Registration is where StructureMap can map your types for you, assuming you follow the standard convention where Foo implementes IFoo.

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Episode #127: Isolation Frameworks: Learning how to validate expectations

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests. We will focus our learning this time around on the various ways you can setup and validate expectations on your stubs/fakes. Validating these expectations will allow your to confirm in tests your dependencies are being used in the manor expected.

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Episode #126: Building a NAnt script - Part 5: Adding MSTest results to your build scripts

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we will continue our series on how to create a build script using the NAnt build tool. In this episode we will take a look at how to add in the ability to run the MSTest testing engine via our scripts to run our MSTest unit tests.

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Episode #125: Isolation Frameworks: Learning how to Stub & Fake Data

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to start learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests.

In this episode we will start off our learning experience by learning the basics. We will be taking a look at how to setup stubs/fakes in order to hard wire return values for our objects/methods.

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Episode #124: Learning the Mediator Pattern

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Red-Gate Software
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we will take at how we can use the Mediator Pattern in our application.

.The Mediator pattern allows us to create a loosely coupled system by creating a set of objects which encapsulates the way that sets of objects interact with each other. By removing this behavior from the individual objects you reduce their responsibility and reduce coupling

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Episode #123: Exploring Code Contracts: Taking a look at Object Invariant Conditions

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at the new Code Contracts library which is out of MS Research and will be part of .Net 4.0/Vs2010.

Contracts allow for many different ways to perform language agnostic code validation and in this episode we are going to focus on how to utilize the Object Invariant checking to maintain an objects state.

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Episode #122: Creating Custom Functions w/ NAnt

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we will take a look at how to create a custom function for your NAnt script.

After you have the basics of NAnt down you may quickly find out that there are features you need, but they are not part of the core library. The good news for you is that in very little effort or coding you can create your own custom assembly which will expose your newly created NAnt functions

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Episode #121: Exploring how to use Looping Expressions w/ Spark

Donn Felker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:24:46 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we will continue taking a look at the Spark View engine.

We are going to take a look at the various different ways you can use Looping Expressions with the Spark View engine.

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Episode #120: Learning the Decorator Pattern

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we will take at how we can use the Decorator Pattern in our application.

The decorator pattern is a structural pattern which allows you to attach new or additional actions to an object dynamically. Using the decorator pattern provides a very clean and flexible alternative to subclassing (via inheritance) your object and thus creating an unwanted inheritance tree

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Episode #119: Exploring how to use Expressions w/ Spark

Donn Felker — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we will continue taking a look at the Spark View engine.

We are going to take a look at the various different ways you can use Expressions with the Spark View engine. We are going to review simply scenarios such as math based expressions and move up to looking at nested if-then-else statements.

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