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Wrap Your EditorTemplates

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:51:00 GMT

A really cool feature in Razor is the EditorTemplate's ability to use Layouts. Just like regular Views, you can apply the a Layout. For example, a regular Textbox template:

Would then be used with _Layout.cshtml:

NHibernate Talk 8/20/09

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:30:00 GMT

A total n00b’s guide to migrating from a custom data layer to Nhibernate, choices that have to be made when choosing NH for your data layer.
NHibernate Slow? Of course when used wrong.

NHibernate Talk 8/14/09

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:02:00 GMT

Nhibernate Unit of Work & multiple reuqests Set Status / Close Ayende discusses UOW spanning mulitiple requests.
How-To: Using the N* Stack, part 3 Jason continues is great series on NHibernate.

Nhibernate Talk 8/12/09

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:10:00 GMT

Using the N* Stack, part 2, second series in Jason's NHibernate stack series, great read.
Testing with NHibernate and SQLite, set up a test environment for NHibernate testing using SQLite.

NHibernate Talk 8/11/09

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:24:00 GMT

How-To: Using the N* Stack, Part 1, first in a series of articles on setting your first NHibernate ASP.NET MVC application.
NerdDinner with Fluent NHibernate Part 1, first in a series on converting the NerdDinner project to use NHibernate/FluentNhibernate.
Part 3 on using NHibernate and WPF, utilizing the "Conversation-per-BussinesTransaction" concept.
New NHibernate CodeSmith templates v1.1.

HTML ListFormatter

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:10:00 GMT

My version of the ListFormatter(s) posted here. Based off the code posted by Joe Chung in the comments. The only real modification was I added overloads for params Func<T, object> and in inline format string. This allows strongly typed code like this:

<%=Model.Contacts.ToFormattedList(ListType.Unordered, "{0} - {1}", x => x.FirstName,x => x.LastName)%>

Useful? Maybe, maybe not.

 public enum ListType
    {
        Ordered,
        Unordered,
        TableCell,
        TableRow
    }

    public static class ListFormatter
    {
        public class ListFormats
        {
            public string ItemFormat { get; set; }
            public string ListFormat { get; set; }
        }

        private static readonly IDictionary<ListType, ListFormats> Formatters = new Dictionary<ListType, ListFormats>();

        static ListFormatter()
        {
            Formatters.Add(ListType.Ordered, new ListFormats { ItemFormat = "<li>{0}</li>", ListFormat = "<ol>{0}</ol>" });
            Formatters.Add(ListType.Unordered, new ListFormats { ItemFormat = "<li>{0}</li>", ListFormat = "<ul>{0}</ul>" });
            Formatters.Add(ListType.TableCell, new ListFormats { ItemFormat = "<td>{0}</td>", ListFormat = "{0}" });
            Formatters.Add(ListType.TableRow, new ListFormats { ItemFormat = "<tr>{0}</tr>", ListFormat = "<table>{0}<table>" });
        }

        public static string ToFormattedList<T>(this IEnumerable<T> items, ListType type)
        {
            return FormattedList(items, type);
        }

        public static string ToFormattedList<T>(this IEnumerable<T> items, ListType type, Func<T, object> toString)
        {
            return FormattedList(items, type, toString);
        }

        public static string ToFormattedList<T>(this IEnumerable<T> items, ListType type, string format, params Func<T, object>[] toString)
        {
            return FormattedList(items, type, format, toString);
        }

        public static string FormattedList<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, ListType type)
        {
            return FormattedList(items, type, s => s.ToString());
        }

        public static string FormattedList<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, ListType type, Func<T, object> toString)
        {
            var listFormat = Formatters[type].ListFormat;
            var itemFormat = Formatters[type].ItemFormat;
            var itemsProjected = items.Select(item => string.Format(itemFormat, toString(item)));

            return string.Format(listFormat, string.Join(string.Empty, itemsProjected.ToArray()));
        }

        public static string FormattedList<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, ListType type, string format, params Func<T, object>[] toStrings)
        {
            var listFormat = Formatters[type].ListFormat;
            var itemFormat = Formatters[type].ItemFormat;

            var sb = new StringBuilder();

            foreach (var item in items)
                sb.AppendFormat(itemFormat, InvokeOnItem(item, format, toStrings));

            return string.Format(listFormat, sb);
        }

        public static string InvokeOnItem<T>(T item, string format, Func<T, object>[] toStrings)
        {
            var projected = new object[toStrings.Length];
            for (var i = 0; i < projected.Length; i++)
                projected[i] = toStrings[i].Invoke(item);

            return string.Format(format, projected);
        }
    }

InModel OutModel

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:22:00 GMT

These sure make life easier, create an InModel and OutModel for your MVC views.

Entity Framework 2.0

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:57:00 GMT

I'd be interested in hearing the Ayende take on the new features possibly coming to EF 2.0.

http://weblogs.asp.net/delicious/

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:35:00 GMT

Anyone else getting this guy's delicious articles in the main feed?

UPDATE: nvm, must have been something up with Google Reader, I removed the feed and re-added it and now it looks back on track.

Ghetto ASP.NET Debugging - Useful Extensions

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:22:00 GMT

        public static void Write(this System.Web.HttpResponse response, string formatString, params object[] args)
        {
            System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(string.Format(formatString, args));
        }

        public static void WriteLine(this System.Web.HttpResponse response, string s)
        {
            System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(s);
            System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<br />");
        }

        public static void WriteLine(this System.Web.HttpResponse response, string formatString, params object[] args)
        {
            System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.WriteLine(string.Format(formatString, args));
        }

NHibernate 2.0 alpha

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:12:00 GMT

Ayende has announced the release on his blog. Interesting features to note:

join mapping element to map one class to several tables
<union> tables and <union-subclass> inheritance strategy
added support for paging in sub queries

Warning: there are some breaking changes. Check out the post for more info.

Heroes Happen

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:58:00 GMT

It looks like a lot of cities have registration enabled.

HTML Output Abstraction and SubSonic

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.

Slashdot's Hardware Infrastructure

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:31:00 GMT

Interesting read on Slashdot's hardware infrastructure.

New Home?

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:10:00 GMT

Its been a couple days since the last update, I wonder if Jim has found a new home.

Enough...

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:27:00 GMT

To much comment FUD is going around right now. Stop it please! TDD is still possible with the Express versions of VS.NET! TestDriven.Net is *Not* required to utilize TDD. For example: NUnit is just one of the many tools that work just fine alongside Express. Maybe not as convenient, but it works just the same. I dont like it when people act like this is the end of TDD using Express.

...must get the green light!

HttpPostedFile.SaveAs

Thu, 24 May 2007 15:45:00 GMT

So I'm building a simple app that allows users to upload photos to our public website. I'm using the FileUpload control that is built into ASP.NET. It has worked like a charm before in other apps, but today I started having a problem with it, in place of the files that get uploaded are a little text file (with the same name specified in the HttpPostedFile.SaveAs method) with these contents:

The original file is in the temp folder. Full path of the file: C:\Temp\597fb3e5-542d-48ba-9b61-08bf9f6ddc42.tmp

So I go checkout the Temp folder and sure enough, albeit renamed, my .JPG's are there. After googling, I found a post on the ASP.NET forums, but alas no answers. Absolutely nothing else.

I've tried using IIS on Vista, Visual Studio Development Server, and even pushed it to a staging server, they all produce the same behavior. I have given the ASP.NET process Modify access rights to the folder, but I think if it was a security issue it would throw an "Access Denied" exception. I'm going to revisit some old apps where I have used this control and see if I can spot anything that stands out.

UPDATE: I figured it out, the culprit was a 3rd party component installed previously.

Speak Your Mind!

Mon, 21 May 2007 17:42:00 GMT

Looks like one of my favorite sites is being updated again, and with a redesign to boot! Check out Jonathon Goodyear's site.

New Post Test

Wed, 16 May 2007 20:01:00 GMT

CS 2007 Test, this better not show up in the main feed... :-)

Update: Well it did, sorry all, I did not use any of the "follwing tags", not sure whats up.

Hiring!

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!

If your in the SLC valley and interested, please dont hesitate to contact me. travis@cycleutah.com