Listen to this Episode [45:12] What?s all this OData talk? Find out in this episode with Matt Milner, who helps us understand this new way of publishing and consuming data on the web. Matt also tells us about a project he recently did for Pluralsight in which he published his first ?real? OData feed. […]
Read MoreEarlier this week I ran into a little quirk with SQLite. Take a look at the following code snippet: using(var transaction = new TransactionScope(TransactionScopeOption.Required)) { using(var connection1 = new SQLiteConnection(_connectionString)) { connection1.Open(); … // Do stuff with the open connection } // Closes the connection (so we think …) using(var connection2 = new SQLiteConnection(_connectionString)) { […]
Read MoreAfter hearing about this book in an interview with Mary and Tom Poppendieck, I decided to immediately purchase the audio version on Audible and listen to it during my daily commute to and from work. This book is all about how to enable and inspire change in all kinds of environments, be it at work, […]
Read MoreThis spring I had the distinct honor of teaching a .Net programming course at Boise State University. Going into the course I was definitely unsure of what to expect. From David Starr’s horror stories of burning ERD’s to cautious skepticism from other professors I entered this senior level class half wondering if I’d be teaching […]
Read MoreIKVM.NET is something I?ve been playing with for a while now, but seeing this awesome trailer today reminded me that I should write a post about it. I always considered Java to be some kind of parallel universe compared to .NET where a lot of interesting lessons can be learned. I never did any serious […]
Read MoreJudging from my previous post, some people might have come to the conclusion that I?m in the process of learning a wonderful programming language called JavaScript. Well, they?re right! It is a fascinating programming language although it has its quirks and pitfalls. Have a look at the following piece of code: var someString = "Hi […]
Read MoreListen to this episode! [31:03] This episode is a visit with Rob Fonseca-Ensor, the HCIC (Head Craftsman in Charge) of StoryQ, a BDD testing framework for .NET. I used StoryQ in this talk at TechEd 2010 and have used it in production for awhile now. I really like this framework as a vehicle for […]
Read MoreIf you have ever written code that is going to be used as an API for other programmers, you may start to think about writing code in a different viewpoint from what you normally do. Most of us write code for the purpose of achieving a goal. If we practice writing elegant code, we are […]
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