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I need some peer review on this

So I have a problem where I have an open type: public class ThunderdomeActionInvoker<TController, TInput, TOutput> : IControllerActionInvoker where TController : class where TInput : class , new () where TOutput : class { /*...*/ } And I need to...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 12:21 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, GenericFun

Composing Statements with Expression Trees in .NET 3.0

I was preparing some examples for my upcoming ALT.NET Workshop and thought that this might be of some interest to a few people. Expression Trees’ primary raison d'être was to facilitate LINQ-y type stuff in the IQueryable implementations to support...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 10:59 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Expression Trees

Internal DSL Pattern: Method Chaining

This is a portion of a larger set of posts on the subject of Internal DSLs . Method Chaining is a pattern explained by Martin Fowler as part of his DSL book work in progress. Fowler’s take on Method Chaining is useful to more fully understand this post...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2008 11:22 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Design, DSL

ALT.NET Workshops: Internal DSL Draft Outline, Notes

I’ve been preparing for the upcoming ALT.NET Workshop (associated with KaizenConf ) on Internal Domain Specific Languages (DSL). The schedule hasn’t been released yet, but I’m pretty sure the Internal DSL workshop will be on Friday 31...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2008 12:30 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Design, DSL

Austin .NET Dojo on WCF

J Sawyer , our local MS events guy, and Stephen Fulcher are hosting a .NET coding dojo here in Austin, TX on November 3rd, 2008 . The topic is WCF and the format is based off a similar dojo event which was successful in Houston not too long ago. ...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 11:09 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, CodingDojo, WCF

Request for Help: Need better guidance for beginners

This morning I happened to see the article “ .NET Coding Standard & Code Review Points ” linked from the good folks over at DotNetKicks.com . I was horrified to see some of the very bad guidance being offered here. While I appreciate and applaud...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2008 11:15 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Programming, Design, Guidance

Project anti-pattern: Many projects in a Visual Studio Solution File

I've been hearing from several colleagues about how their Visual Studio solution files have many (i.e. more than 10, and usually more than 30 -- in one case, more than 100!). So far, none of them have been able to give me any good explanation for...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2008 8:17 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET

Exploring ShadeTree Features, Part 2: Cache<KEY, VALUE>

Or, as I like to call it: "That stupid dictionary thing we've all written a thousand times but were too lazy to component-ize for reuse" How many times have you written code like this in your C# 2.0-and-later life? Foo foo = null; if( !...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2008 10:48 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, ShadeTree

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...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2008 11:37 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Fluent API

The Problem Preventer

Problem Statement I'm thinking about putting ' Problem Preventer ' on my resume. Many of the folks I'm talking with in interviews and phone screens don't seem to get this at all. I get a lot of questions about problems solved, etc...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2008 5:47 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Principles, Mangement

Engaging Microsoft

Many Microsoft employees were at the ALT.NET conf in Seattle -- including many of the ones that have been criticized publicly by the greater ALT.NET community. Not only was Microsoft there, but they were a sponsor and a few employees were even on the...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2008 1:55 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Programming, altdotnet

Dear JetBrains, RE: Resharper 4 EAP Nightlies

Dear JetBrains, Thank you for putting it all on the line and having the stones to do public nightly builds as part of your ReSharper 4.0 EAP. It takes a lot to hang it all out there like that and risk suffering public humiliation from some of the most...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2008 4:21 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: Misc, .NET, ReSharper

PTOM: The Liskov Substitution Principle

The Liskov Substitution Principle In my first (of hopefully more than one) post for The Los Techies Pablo's Topic of the Month - March: SOLID Principles effort, I'm going to talk about The Liskov Substitution Principle, as made popular by Robert...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2008 11:57 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET, Programming, Principles, PTOM

Interesting (good) Behavior of Closures

For some reason, I didn't think this would work, but it does: Customer c = null ; Func < string > func = ()=>c.LookupName; c = new Customer {LookupName = "First" }; System.Diagnostics. Debug .WriteLine(func()); I would've expected...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2008 10:42 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: Misc, .NET

Austin TDD CodingDojo Signup

The details of the Austin TDD CodingDojo event have been finalized and the sign up form is now online. Signup (opens in new window): http://austintddcodingdojo.wufoo.com/forms/austin-tdd-codingdojo-signup/ Details: Who You! We hope to have a good mix...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 2:07 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: TDD, .NET

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