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Example of Removing Some Pain: Grid Fluent API
So on a previous project, we were making use a 3rd party WinForms UberGrid which, of course has a monstrous designer that spits out tons of code into your InitializeComponent() method in your .designer file. I think you know what I'm talking about...
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Sat, Jun 28 2008 11:37 PM
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chadmyers
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Fluent API
In the ORM Battle, Everyone Loses.
As Ted Neward aptly pointed out in his post: ORM is the Vietnam of Computer Science (credit to Justin Etheredge for reminding me of this). You need to do it, but there's no real good end solution here. RDBMS do what they do very well (that is, persist...
Published
Sat, Jun 28 2008 9:06 PM
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chadmyers
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Database
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ORM
Two things worth noting today
1.) [Serious] Rob Conery (of SubSonic fame, and oh yeah I think he works at Microsoft or something, too :)) has posted his FIFTEENTH screencast in his series on building an e-ecommerce app using ASP.NET MVC and exploring and learning lots of things along...
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Sat, Jun 28 2008 1:23 PM
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chadmyers
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Misc
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ASP.NET MVC
How did I get started in software development?
Jason Meridth tagged me with this meme, so I'll play along if anyone cares. How old were you when you started programming? I remember being 6 or 7 years old helping my brother open the box for our new Commodore Vic-20 (yeah, that's right baby...
Published
Fri, Jun 27 2008 8:04 PM
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chadmyers
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TDD
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Programming
I'm not a real world developer
I made the mistake recently of reading some of the responses to the 'Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence' letter which I'm sure you've heard about already. Granted, I haven't read them all, but so far only one has been of any real...
Published
Thu, Jun 26 2008 7:44 AM
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chadmyers
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Misc
Hosting an entire ASP.NET MVC request for testing purposes
We've been playing around a lot with the ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 at Dovetail and trying to find various ways to test at various levels. One of the levels we were toying with was doing an end-to-end test including URL routing, controller action, and...
Published
Tue, Jun 24 2008 10:11 PM
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chadmyers
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TDD
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ASP.NET MVC
Neat Tricks with StructureMap
I've been getting a crash course in StructureMap the past 2 weeks. It's been going pretty well especially when you consider that the author/maintainer sits next to me every day :) We've been using the new 2.5-ish trunk code and there are some...
Published
Wed, Jun 11 2008 9:04 PM
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chadmyers
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StructureMap
Some Consulting Wisdom I Picked Up
I did a consulting gig for a few years at a very large government institution and I picked up some wisdom about how to best serve the customer (even sometimes in spite of themselves), how to remain sane, and how to maintain your scruples while doing it...
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Sun, Jun 08 2008 7:58 AM
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chadmyers
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Consulting
More on Quality
I started typing a comment to John Teague's post about Creating a Culture of Quality , but it got a little long so I decided to make it a post. If you would be so kind, please read John's post first (linked in the last sentence) and then proceed...
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Sat, Jun 07 2008 10:37 AM
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chadmyers
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Quality
Why Microsoft Won't/Can't/Shouldn't Lead
That's a rather sensationalistic headline, I admit, but it's true and here's why: Any sufficiently large service-based organization is a pure reflection upon its constituency. That is, any sub-optimization, moral bankruptcy, intellectual dishonesty...
Published
Wed, Jun 04 2008 11:00 PM
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chadmyers
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Misc
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ALT.NET
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Self-examination
A New Start
Today was my first day back with Dovetail Software . It was good to be back with a familiar crew. For those that don't know, I used to work for Dovetail under it's former name (First Choice Software) with Gary Sherman , Kevin Miller , Sam Tyson...
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Mon, Jun 02 2008 8:13 PM
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chadmyers
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Misc
Los Techies Welcomes John Teague to the group
We are happy to announce a new member joining the Los Techies group: John Teague. John is an active member of the Austin .NET users community. He helps out with the Austin .NET User's Group (ADNUG) including the recent Code Camp '08. He's...
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Mon, Jun 02 2008 8:03 PM
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chadmyers
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