Always wrap up your third parties
Today I was working through some code refactoring when I came across my implementation of the Castle Windsor container exposed off of the Global.asax file. I had put it there because I needed to get
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Training -- Nothin' But .NET 3.5
As you’ve probably already read on JP’s blog, I’m going to be doing some training through him starting this year. The first course that I’ve been designing is a take on his Nothin’ But series and sty
ReSharper 3.1 gotcha with .NET 3.5
My current project is working in .NET 3.5 and, of course, I’ve pimped my IDE with some ReSharper goodness. I’ve noticed one thing that is making me itch for the day that ReSharper v4 comes out. If y
Was it a failure?
The last contract that I finished up was very trying on many fronts. One of the things that they sold me on during the hiring process was the fact that they were following Agile practices. On arriva
Versioning Applications Using nAnt and CruiseControl.NET
During my presentation at DevTeach in Vancouver, I showed a technique for setting up versioning of your applications using nAnt and CruiseControl.NET. Since then I’ve had a couple of people ask me if
Retrospective 2007
Early this year I posted on some of the things that I wanted to concentrate on during 2007. Like any good iteration, I feel the need to wrap it up with a retrospective. Here are the things that I wa
I now return to the sweet sound of static
While we were down in Austin at the Alt.NET Open Spaces conference people suggested the use of a newsgroup to maintain conversations that we had started. Running on a euphoric high from the session o
What is Brownfield?
This was originally posted at www.victoriacodecamp.com/blog. I’ll be out in Victoria on January 26th 2008 speaking on Parachuting Into Brownfield Applications and on C# 3.0 Beyond Linq. A common term
Kassandra
A few months ago some of the members of Edmug made noises that they wanted to work on a project that allowed them to give back to the community (a greater community than just the developer one we know
Opening VS2k5 .Net 2.0 projects in VS2k8
I’m starting a new gig right now and one of the sweet things about it is that I’m going to be working in .NET 3.5 straight off the bat. Hopefully I’ll have some more time to blog about things to do w