September 2008 - Derik Whittaker - Devlicio.us

Some comments are a total waste of time

I am all for comments in code (gasp I know) but some are just a total waste of time. Case in point. I came across this today. /// <summary> /// Commit Transaction. /// </summary> public void CommitTransaction() { ........ } WTF, I guess putting...

Published 09-29-2008 3:40 PM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Opinion, Rant

Clean build server with MSTest == FAIL

It is no secret that I am not a fan of MSTest (read here for more rants on MSTests). Today's rant is about how MSTest does not allow you to have a clean build server. Yea I know what you are thinking, here comes another long winded rant on MSTest...

Published 09-25-2008 5:10 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: TDD, Rant

StructureMap Automocker & FillDependencies Error(230)

I have been giving the AutoMocker that is part of StructureMap 2.5 a go lately. Today I was trying to setup my test and I get running into the following error: failed: StructureMap.StructureMapException: StructureMap Exception Code: 230 Cannot call "FillDependencies"...

Published 09-19-2008 9:41 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: StructureMap, HowTo

NAnt/MSbuild build error MSB4019 -- Missing Targets

I was trying to setup our new build server today and received this error: error MSB4019: the imported project <Path to .net framework here>\Microsoft.CompactFramework.CSharp.targets was not found. At first I was a bit confused as to what was going...

Published 09-19-2008 7:19 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Help!!!, HowTo

Custom Formatters for YUI DataTable

In a prior posting ( here ) I walked through how to add the YUI DataTable to your site. Today I thought I would take that a step further and explain how to create custom formatters so your grid can look all fancy and stuff. A custom formatter is a way...

Published 09-17-2008 6:43 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: ASP.Net MVC, YahooUI

Quote of the day

I was listening to Episode #8 on DeepfriedBytes today and heard the greatest quote. In this episode Woody and Keith are speaking with Brad and Jim who both work over at Microsoft. The quote goes a little like this: 'We are a Microsoft shop here so...

Published 09-12-2008 12:56 PM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Humor

Upgrading a Smart Device Project to Compact Framework 3.5

***** Disclaimer: I am a total NOOBIE to working on Smart Device Projects ***** Today I needed to upgrade on of our smart device projects from Compact Framework 2.0 to 3.5. I figured that I could do this via the properties dialog, but could not (see image...

Published 09-10-2008 8:49 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: .Net, HowTo

Testing your IoC Bindings

One thing I like to do when I am using a IoC (Inversion of Control) container is to create simple test that ensure that my objects have been wired up correctly and can be created via the IoC container. I know this may seem like overkill, but I feel that...

Published 09-10-2008 6:53 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Development, TDD, Best Practice

Chicago Alt.Net Meeting on 9/10 -- IoC Containers

Just a friendly reminder about the next Chicago Alt.Net meeting. Registration is open at the usual url: http://altnetchicago.eventbrite.com/ Inversion of Control for the masses 6:00 pm Pizza and networking time 6:30 pm John Nuechterlein (a.k.a. jdn )...

Published 09-09-2008 9:32 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: Chicago Alt.Net

Upgrading Dimecasts.Net from MVC Preview 4 to Preview 5

Like many other nerds (sorry people, lets face we are nerds :) ), as soon as I heard that MVC Preview 5 had been released I wanted to run out and upgrade Dimecasts.net. Let me first start off by saying this. Anyone that decides to build a production application...

Published 09-03-2008 6:49 AM by Derik Whittaker

Filed under: ASP.Net MVC

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