One thing I?ve been doing more and more of, especially as I use MSpec and context/spec driven development, is using lambdas and fluent-interface style programming to capture the essence of the spec?s I?m working on and keep them separate from the details of the code that implements them. What the heck does that mean? Well, […]
Read MoreAbout a year ago, I remember first hearing about Machine.Specifications (github) and trying it out for something I was developing. I liked it right away, especially the way it cut away a lot of the noise involved with writing tests/specifications. I never really ended up using MSpec on things at work. There were lots of […]
Read MoreThis is one of those problems that teaches humility. I’m posting this here because the solution is a) trivially obvious, any fool could see it and b) I completely overlooked the obvious solution and maybe a google “hint” would have saved me some time. At Blackfin, we use SourceGear Vault and CruiseControl.net. (We’re moving to […]
Read MorePrism Commands enables you to handle user interactions in Xaml. Even though the plumbing is there, Prism lacks commanding support for everything but Buttons. Fortunately, it?s relatively easy to create new Commands for a range of controls. This post details how to create a Checked and UnChecked Command for the ToggleButton (which can be applied […]
Read MoreIt has been a long while since I last posted, so I thought I should whip something out real quick. Now, I know most of you don’t care what I have been up to, but here it is anyway. The short version: work The long version Work pretty much consumes all of my waking hours […]
Read MoreOn Saturday, some of us folks from the Seattle ALT.NET community held a workshop in Olympia, covering some software craftsmanship principles. Overall, I think the workshop went pretty well, with the usual assortment of things to learn from. Things That Went Well I was impressed by everyone’s enthusiasm. I was a little worried that we […]
Read MoreHere’s something I hacked together last night: I’m writing an app that involves a lot of web requests to a very unreliable server. Maybe the site is down, maybe we only get part of a message back because the stream was interrupted, maybe the network cable is loose and being chewed on by gremlins. Who […]
Read MoreI’ve attached the demo code and very-incredibly-brief presentation notes for my Portland Code Camp presentation. Soon to be linked to the PortlandCodeCamp.org site, as soon as I figure out how to do that.
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