March 2013 Chicago IT Architects Group Wrap-up
The group got to know their neighbors a lot better this month with only half the normal room size and a pretty good turn out. Given that, I would really like to say thank you to everyone who came out...
View ArticleSpecification Test for the Authorized Attribute in MVC
I wanted to Unit Test (in BDD I’d call it a specification) that the controller had the authorize attribute so I found this approach in a GoodSearch a while back and forgotten who to give credit for it,...
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Installing SharePoint 2013 on Windows Server 2012 VM running on Windows 8...
I will explain the process of installing SharePoint 2013 on a Windows 8 Hyper V in a disconnected scenario. This matters for the prerequisites which by default downloads the prerequisites if run from...
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Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite' or one of its...
Problem Description:Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.Likely to be reproduced when:You will...
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Search For Object in The DB
So this is my first blog post and I will keep things short and simple. Actually I will apply this to all my posts; short, simple, and concise.Ever wanted to search your database for a piece of text? It...
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Create WebServer Port using Command Prompt
The above command will create the port of web application named HSMPA1.1 without opening the web solution and run it.
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Developing BizTalk Maps with Specflow & BDD
Following on from the BDD articles I will cover how we have been using BDD development techniques to develop BizTalk maps. A BizTalk map is a discreet component in BizTalk which is ideally suited to...
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Organizing the Solution and Project folders on a Microsoft Visual Studio 2010...
Hello :)This week I changed the way I structure the project files related to my website solutions and wanted to write a bit about the way I accomplished the change because I think it can get to be...
View ArticleBDD section on BizTalk Technet Wiki
Ive just added a new section to the BizTalk area of the technet wiki containing all of the various content about BDD and...
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Developing BizTalk Rules the BDD way
Recently we have been looking at changing the way we develop and test BizTalk Business Rules to use a BDD approach and our tool of choice to help with this is Specflow. I wanted to talk through how we...
View ArticleTechEd 2012: Day 3 – Morning TFS
My morning sessions for day three were dominated by Team Foundation Server. This has been a hot topic for our clients lately, so this topic really stuck a chord. The speaker for the first session was...
View ArticleBusiness Case for investing time developing Stubs and BizUnit Tests
I was recently in a position where I had to justify why effort should be spent developing Stubbed Integration Tests for BizTalk solutions. These tests are usually developed using the BizUnit framework....
View ArticleSpeaker Notes...
At a .Net User Group meeting this week, I experienced two poorly prepared speakers floundering through presentations…. As a Lead Technologist at the company I work for, I have experience training...
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WCF Error tracking
Have you ever gotten errors when working with WCF services?Open up your web.config/app.config on the server side and add the following<system.diagnostics><!-- This logging is great when WCF...
View ArticleEnable Publishing Approval workflow on all SP Web(s) in an Site collection...
What you need / What you've got?Pretty obvious, when a user edits/changes a page, you need someone to check its all good before it goes live! Aka Publishing ApprovalYou can use the "Publishing site...
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Nivo Slider In SharePoint 2010!?!
A little while ago I was part of architecting and leading a project and one of my very talented ex-coworker was in charge of doing most of the branding. He incorporated the Nivo Slider as part of the...
View ArticleSeeing the ROI in action on our BizTalk BDD initiative
Ive recently really seen some of the benefits in action from the work we have been doing to introduce Behaviour Driven Development techniques into our BizTalk development process.A couple of months ago...
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Using WCF Service With a Class
This post is an example of how to write a WCF Service using a class. The example uses Visual Studio 2010, written in C#, SQL Server 2008 and hosted in IIS. So lets have at it.The table is pretty...
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Installing MSMQ - The illustrated companion
Its been a while since I've played with Message Queuing and C# and decided that I should reduce that counter.During the simple process of figuring how to follow Microsoft's MSDN directions, I ran into...
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Alex Groß’s visit to Uganda
In November Alex Groß (http://therightstuff.de/) was in Uganda for holidays and we hijacked him to speak to us on some .NET geek stuff. In the image above you see Allan Rwakatungu, Jude Opima, Myself...
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