Frank-Leonardo Quednau

Tired of Null references? abolish them with Maybe

Frank Quednau — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:30:09 GMT

Are you tired of null checks in your C# code? if (blahdiblah != null) ? There are several ways out * Code in a different language * Live with it * Put some guidance on your code like e.g. NotNul ...read more...(read more)

On Monads

Frank Quednau — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:30:20 GMT

> The following was written by me as a comment on a [post from Derick Bailey regarding Monads][1]. Since then, > the comments have disappeared, presumably because they moved to the disqus commenting ...read more...(read more)

In-built conventions in Fubumvc

Frank Quednau — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:15:07 GMT

Fubumvc not only allows you to define your own conventions, i.e. the ways in which your code gets wired up into your web app, it comes with its own set of conventions. Before you start re-inventing s ...read more...(read more)

The WPF stack du jour

Frank Quednau — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:30:11 GMT

For the past year i've had plenty of possibility to get my head around WPF as a UI technology. In that time a number of frameworks have crystallized that in their combination makes writing good WPF ...read more...(read more)

A custom ModelBinder in FubuMVC to access JSON dynamically

Frank Quednau — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:30:11 GMT

One aspect of my new web site is the admin interface which allows me to write new posts and post them to my site via a simple HTTP-based interface. The posting of a new entry happens with the HTTP c ...read more...(read more)

Making a WinRT component out of Membus – Pt.1, making Membus compile

Frank Quednau — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:30:05 GMT

After last week’s //BUILD conference we have learned (amongst other things) of a new class of apps that are touch-centric and use a new .NET Framework profile in order to be run on top of the new W ...read more...(read more)

More tricks from ye olde Event Aggregator: No, I don’t want that message for a while

status — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:31:44 GMT

You may know by now that MemBus is my favorite Event Aggregator. This is because it allows you to mess quite a bit with the way publishing and subscription needs. Consider the following situation: ...read more...(read more)

Removing some of DataRow's ugliness through .NET 4.0’s dynamic

status — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:00:38 GMT

If you do test your stuff, not having static compilation at all times doesn’t seem too daunting. In such cases (and when you can use .NET 4.0) you can consider using the dynamic capabilities to giv ...read more...(read more)

In honour of the Pi Day - Expansion Series in Silverlight

status — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:32:00 GMT

Since today is March 14 (or 3/14) here’s a small Silverlight App showing 3 expansions of Pi. With the slider you can control how many steps of the expansion you want to consider (With the maximum bei ...read more...(read more)

That's when I realized my incantation of the Automation API had gone wrong

status — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:35:30 GMT

I had written a tree search function that would use a stack to avoid a stackoverflow exception. I wish I had programmed it recursively... ...read more...(read more)

More. DataTemplates. In. WPF.

status — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:31:50 GMT

Imagine you want to fill a toolbar through its ItemsSource and appropriate DataTemplates and not all commands are created equal. Some commands should be shown as Buttons, or ToggleButtons or whatever ...read more...(read more)

Coding Katas – Improving the mechanics of coding

status — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:39:14 GMT

If only one could code straight from the brain – Alas, we aren’t there yet. If you want to reduce the impedance between a programming idea in your mind and the act of coding you can do exercises that ...read more...(read more)

Suggestions to improve your WPF ViewModels

status — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:43:37 GMT

Throughout the years where I have been working on WPF projects, I have seen a fair share of classes used as ViewModels (VM) that have been lacking in revealing their intended and proper usage, such t ...read more...(read more)

Creating and then using a local OpenWrap repository

status — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:38:54 GMT

When I looked at this blog post here about setting up a NuGet local repository I couldn’t help but write up the necessary steps to get a local repository with OpenWrap: I’m not sure so let’s ask ...read more...(read more)

My bare minimum NDepend rules (and how to get them into a new project)

status — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:37:52 GMT

When you run an Ndepend anylsis over a project you will notice a certain tendency of the Code Queries (CQL) to overwhelm you. By default NDepends comes with a lot of queries against your code that ca ...read more...(read more)