April 2004 - Posts

OpenSource Project for Testing Microsoft Software

Over the past few months, when I question how something works in the .NET Framework (or when somebody asks me).....I have been creating NUnit tests to verify the behaviour of some class and/or methods in the .NET Framework. Initially it is just to observe Read More...

Delegation through NUnit Testing and TodoFixtures

Usually I'm the guy who all the other developers are wiating on to create some reusable framework widget or other. I usually have 10, 000 things on my plate so when somebody asks me to do something or reports a bug with some of my code, I need to find Read More...

You know you're a geek when...

The other day while sitting on the couch eating some M&M's with my 5yr old daughter she asks me what “MGM” means....and starts to try to pronounce “megum“ - she hasn't quite got the idea of acronyms yet. I explain how “&” Read More...

New Smart Client Reference Application - IssueVision

This is a new smart client reference application from Microsoft. Actually it was created by Vertigo for Microsoft - where Susan Warren now works (former Queen of ASP.NET). This is not a rewrite of TaskVision which is a common question. It was built to Read More...

Building Maintainable Applications with Logging and Instrumentation

I'm doing this MSDN webcast in a few weeks 10/05/2004 1:00 PM - 10/05/2004 2:00 PM (EasternTime) In this session we'll cover the world of logging and instrumenting your application. We'll discuss the various .NET framework components as well as higher Read More...

MSDN Subscriber Download RSS Feeds

Perhaps I'm not the only one to just learn about this recent feed a month old now I guess: http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/rss.xml My favourite item in that so far has to be the MS Bob 1.0a release that came on March 31st. Read More...

Upcoming UG Meetings

Kate Gregory is starting a new UG in the east end in Oshawa. They are meeting Apr 20. The topic is an overview presentation of .NET. gtaeast.torontoug.net to register. The regular meeting of the Canadian Technology Triangle meets next Tuesday Apr 20th Read More...

Things I don't like about NUnit

Firstly - I love NUnit - and nobody has done more to increase the quality of .NET Applications than the contributors to this project - nobody. But I know that next generation Unit testing framework authors are listening so I might as well state the things Read More...

Database Access Layers and Testing

I've been doing a lot of testing lately. A lot. I'm building a database agnostic data access layer. It has to be as performant as using typed providers, and even support the optional use of a typed provider. For example, we want to allow developers to Read More...