Derik Whittaker

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• Partial Mocks with the StructureMap AutoMocker

  If you have not checked out the new AutoMocking Container that is part of StructureMap 2.5 I would highly suggest you do, it rocks. I thought I would show how simple it is to create a PartialMock on the Class under Test (CUT) when using the RhinoAutoMocker... Posted Oct 10 2008, 07:54 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, StructureMap, Rhino Mocks, HowTo

• Save Dataset contents to XML and Null Values

  Today I needed to save a fully populated dataset as xml to my drive in order to simplfly unit testing. I thought this would be pretty straight forward, but as it turns out it was not. There is one little wrinkle that may bite you if you are not careful... Posted Oct 06 2008, 03:36 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: HowTo

• StructureMap Automocker & FillDependencies Error(230)

  I have been giving the AutoMocker that is part of StructureMap 2.5 a go lately. Today I was trying to setup my test and I get running into the following error: failed: StructureMap.StructureMapException: StructureMap Exception Code: 230 Cannot call "FillDependencies"... Posted Sep 19 2008, 09:41 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: StructureMap, HowTo

• NAnt/MSbuild build error MSB4019 -- Missing Targets

  I was trying to setup our new build server today and received this error: error MSB4019: the imported project <Path to .net framework here>\Microsoft.CompactFramework.CSharp.targets was not found. At first I was a bit confused as to what was going... Posted Sep 19 2008, 07:19 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Help!!!, HowTo

• Upgrading a Smart Device Project to Compact Framework 3.5

  ***** Disclaimer: I am a total NOOBIE to working on Smart Device Projects ***** Today I needed to upgrade on of our smart device projects from Compact Framework 2.0 to 3.5. I figured that I could do this via the properties dialog, but could not (see image... Posted Sep 10 2008, 08:49 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: .Net, HowTo

• Setting up IoC/DI for your Controllers in ASP.Net MVC

  One of the really great things about the ASP.Net MVC framework is how extendable it is. One area of extension is in the area of controller creation. The framework allows you to replace the default ControllerFactory with your own factory and because of... Posted Aug 15 2008, 07:48 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: StructureMap, HowTo, ASP.Net MVC

• Setting an your RSS feed for ITunes

  If you would like to get your content (songs, screencasts or podcasts) into ITunes you will need to either modify or setup your RSS feed with the special 'iTunes' tags. These tags are not part of the RSS standard (as far as I can see) but they... Posted Aug 11 2008, 04:05 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with no comments Filed under: HowTo

• 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... Posted Jul 26 2008, 01:30 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 4 comment(s) 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... Posted Jul 24 2008, 11:51 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: StructureMap, HowTo

• 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... Posted Jul 21 2008, 12:55 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: HowTo

• 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... Posted Jul 09 2008, 09:10 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: HowTo, ASP.Net MVC

• Little nugget of simplification when loading an XDocument

  Today I needed to load in an XML file into memory for later use. At first I was going to use the XmlDocument library (old habits die hard), but later switched over to the XDocument library.  Why, not because one is better (ok, so I think that XDocument... Posted Jul 02 2008, 09:53 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: .Net, HowTo, Linq

• Using the MVC Route engine to preserve URL Routes for SEO

  Today I was making some changes to the DimeCasts.Net site and I realized that I did not like the URL's that I was currently using as I did not feel they accuracy reflected the intent of the route.  However, because Google has already linked many... Posted Jun 03 2008, 07:29 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: HowTo, ASP.Net MVC

• Using XLinq to manipulate an XML Document, XLinq U Rock

  For the first time in a long time I needed to update values inside an XML document.  I have done this type of action many times in the past and have always hated it.  The syntax is clunky and the process is simply painful. So today when I realized... Posted May 01 2008, 04:26 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: HowTo, Linq

• Multi-Column Grouping with Linq2Sql

  Today as I was diving further into my Linq2Sql Odyssey I ran into a need to do grouping on data.  Bud not just single column grouping, I needed to group by multiple columns from multiple tables.  Because it took me a few minutes to get right... Posted Apr 30 2008, 07:32 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: .Net IDE, HowTo, Linq