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BDD XAF Project Released
I just published the BDD code for XAF. You can find it at http://bddxaf.codeplex.com. I am working on the write up of the steps to setup and use the BDD techniques described in my earlier post, but...
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Setup and Use SpecFlow BDD with DevExpress XAF
Let’s get started with using the SpecFlow BDD syntax for writing tests with the DevExpress XAF EasyTest scripting syntax. In order for this to work you will need to download and install the...
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Team Foundation Server TFS 2010 Server Name Change
So I thought I would change the name of my machine so that the other devs can find the TFS server easily.TFS 2005 would use the cool cmd line util tfsadminutil.....alas he is now goneHERE Are the...
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VS2010: “The project type is not supported by this installation.”
Was working @ home and then arrived nice and early on Monday armed with all this good stuff I did on the weekend.Login,Headphones On, Check Mail and make cup of tea.Goto load up Solution I was working...
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The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string Entity Framework
Moved from Home to work and went to fire up my project and after long pause"The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string"or even More AbscureProviderIncompatable ExceptionNow after 20...
View ArticleTo ORM or Not to ORM. That is the question…
UPDATE: Thanks for the feedback and comments. I have adjusted my table below with your recommendations. I had missed a point or two.I wanted to do a series on creating an entire project using the...
View ArticlePriority Manager–Part 1- Laying out the plan
Now that we have shown the EDMX with XPO/XAF and how use SpecFlow and BDD to run EasyTest scripts, let’s put it all together and show the evolution of a project using all the tools combined.I have a...
View ArticleBDD (Behavior-Driven Development) tools for .Net
For several years, I use TDD (Test-Driven Development) to produce code. I no longer plans to work without using TDD. The use of TDD significantly increases code quality, but does not guarantee that the...
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Mysterious query timeouts
A mysterious problem plagued one of our web based applications: Usually searches are very fast and provide results within a couple seconds at most. Very rarely though searches in the system would...
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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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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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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...
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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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 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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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 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...
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 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...
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