July 2008 - Derik Whittaker - Devlicio.us

StructureMap Change to ObjectFactory.ResetDefaults()

It appears that with the new release of StructureMap 2.4.9 (aka 2.5) the usage of ObjectFactory.ResetDefaults() has been replaced by ObjectFactory.Reset(). Now why is this important? I used .ResetDefaults() in my unit tests when I wanted to reset the...

Published 07-30-2008 6:52 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: StructureMap

Remote Pair Coding Idea

Yesterday Kyle Baley mentioned ( here ) that he had given some thought about doing remote pairing with various people as a learning exercise. I know he has mentioned this to me in the past and I always thought it was a great idea. However, I was never...

Published 07-29-2008 12:50 PM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Development, Announcement

Is it evil to use reflection when testing?

I have a scenario where I have a private method that needs to be tested and the only way I can get to that method is by calling another public method and exercising all of its logic. This private method has a few different pathways and I would like to...

Published 07-29-2008 6:55 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: TDD

My Initial Impressions with the new HandleErrorAttribute with MVC Preview 4

As part of my process to upgrade DimeCasts.net to preview 4 I wanted to take advantage of the new HandleErrorAttribute. Out of the box this looked like something that I would want to use and could use very easily. However, I quickly realized that this...

Published 07-27-2008 4:35 PM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: ASP.Net MVC

Upgrading DimeCasts.net to MVC Preview 4

Today I decided to sit down and upgrade the Dimecasts.net code to run on MVC preview 4. To be honest I did not know exactly what to expect, and I have to say, it was kinda painful but not too bad. Let me first start off by saying this. Anyone that decides...

Published 07-26-2008 1:30 PM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Development, HowTo, ASP.Net MVC, DimeCasts.Net

Using your app.config (web.config) to store your StructureMap settings

With the most recent drop of StrcutreMap (2.4.9 -- aka 2.5) you now have the ability to put your wiring information inside the app.config file. Prior to this you needed to either use the StructureMap.config file or wire your dependencies up in code. So...

Published 07-24-2008 11:51 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: StructureMap, HowTo

RhinoMocks new Arrange, Act, Assert does not seem to work under MSTest....odd

-- UPDATE See text in red below -- Ok, I am in NO way trying to say that this is either Rhino's issue or MSTest. I am simply blogging this with the intent that someone can shed some insight as to what may be going on. Although, since I know that the...

Published 07-23-2008 10:38 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Development, TDD, Rhino Mocks

MSTest, why I hate you.... You cause me too much friction

Yesterday I spent 4+ hours trying to tackle a bug that should not have been a bug in the first place, and the culprit was MSTest. Please keep in mind that I have never really used MSTest in any real form. I am a NUnit guy through and through. Here is...

Published 07-23-2008 9:28 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: StructureMap, Rant

[ANN] New guest Author on Dimecasts.net - Justin Etheredge

Today we have another guest author on Dimecasts.net . In this series Justin will be teaching all of us how to use the Ninject IoC container. Justin's first episode can be found here , and keep a look out for more future episodes. Till next time,

Published 07-23-2008 5:25 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: DimeCasts.Net

[ANN] New guest author on DimeCasts.net

This posting is a few days late, sorry Kirstin. But last week DimeCasts got another great guest author to submit content. Kirstin Juhl (soon to be TFS Queen) submitted the first of a long line of TFS screencasts. Her first episode can be found here ,...

Published 07-21-2008 8:59 PM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: DimeCasts.Net

Referencing 2.0 Web Services (asmx) in Visual Studio 2008

Recently I needed to add a reference to a classic (.Net 2.0) web service inside a new project that was being created via Visual Studio 2008. Now, I have not done a lot of work with WebServices in the past 6-9 months, but thought it would be cake. Please...

Published 07-21-2008 12:55 PM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: HowTo

Should not be 'The Business', but should be 'Our Business'

Last night I was listening to a recent HanselMinutes pod casts where he was talking with Tom & Mary Poppendiek . For those of you who do not know who Tom & Mary are, they are the 2 behind a lot of the lean software movement (books here &...

Published 07-10-2008 9:06 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Opinion, Featured

Foundations of Programming EBook - Great Read & ITS FREE

If you have not hear, Karl Seguin has authored a great, short eBook which he is giving away free to the world. This book is based of his blog series of the same title. Do yourself a favor and go download this book, it is pretty short and is a great...

Published 07-10-2008 8:38 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Agile, .Net, Shout-Out, Featured, Announcement

MVC Html helper to render an image with a Routable Link

Today I ran into a need where I wanted to create the html needed to render an image as a link and I wanted that clicking of that image to route to a controller action. The off the shelf Html helper that comes with the MVC frame does not support...

Published 07-09-2008 9:10 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: HowTo, ASP.Net MVC

[Ann] Reminder about Chicago Alt.Net meeting on July 9th

Just wanted to send out another reminder about the upcoming Chicago Alt.Net meeting on July 9th. Last week Serigo made the same announcement here . Hope to see everyone out there. Till next time, [----- Remember to check out DimeCasts.Net -----...

Published 07-08-2008 10:22 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Announcement, Chicago Alt.Net

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