Derik Whittaker

Browse by Tags

• Agile
• Development
• Opinion
• Shout-Out
• StructureMap
• TDD
• WinForms

• NUnit, Class Assertions or Constraint Assertions

  I finally got around to upgrading to the most recent version of NUnit recently (Yea I know, bout time) and found out that there is a new way of doing assertions.  The new model is referred to as the 'constraint' model and follows a more fluent... Posted Jan 09 2008, 06:44 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, Agile, .Net, TDD

• RedGate you rock, thanks again for the gift

  One of the cool perks of being part of the Devlicio.us group is that we are part of the 'friends of RedGate' program. Every year at Christmas time they send us this great gift basket. This years basket came loaded with sparkling wine, cheese,... Posted Dec 05 2007, 05:39 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, .Net, Shout-Out

• My Thoughts on Microsoft Expressions Blend

  Lately I have been playing around with Microsoft Expression Blend. Expression Blend is a product that allows for the creation of XAML based Windows client (not its only use, but what I am using it for). You can find more information about it here at its... Posted Aug 05 2007, 07:16 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, .Net, WinForms, Opinion

• StructureMap Tip: Using Concrete classes as a PluginFamily

  Have ever wanted to use a concrete class as both the the PluginFamily and Plugable (information on StructureMap's attributes here ) type in StructureMap ? I know I have, just today in fact (not the first time, but thought I would post about it this time... Posted Jul 23 2007, 05:43 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Development Tools, Agile, .Net, TDD, StructureMap