This post dates back to 2013 and is migrated from my old blog. The argument of this post is relevant to people using Entity Framework and needing to filter data coming from a Database with a list of in-memory data. In this article I will try to start summarizing what […]
This post dates back to 2013 and it is migrated from my old blog. In this article I will show you that, when importing data with Entity Framework, you will almost always have performance issues unless you disable AutoDetectChanges. When creating an application to be scheduled on a timely basis […]
This post dates back to 2012 and it is migrated from my old blog. In this article I will show you that when using Queryable.Sum with Entity Framework and Linq to Entities to sum up a list of decimal values (or other value type) like in the following snippet you […]
This post dates back to 2012 and is migrated from my old blog. In this article I will show you that let clauses inside Linq queries are not a simple matter of readability of the query, when it comes to using Entity Framework and the Linq to Entities provider. In […]
This post is an old one written back in 2012 and migrated from my old blog. In this article I will try to explain how to enable and use Entity Framework’s Code First Migrations in a real project (i.e.: a solution with many projects, a database server, etc). The Target […]
1. Why AutoComplete.Net? 2. Download 3. Asp.Net Documentation 3.1. AutoCompleteTextBox 3.2. Tutorial 4. Asp.Net MVC Documentation 4.1. Extension Methods 4.2. Tutorial 1. Why AutoComplete.Net? In this article I will introduce my GitHub project: AutoComplete.Net. Such project is made up of a library containing an Asp.Net WebControl and a bunch of […]
1. Introduction 2. Description 2.1. Implementation 2.2. Strongly Typed Extension Methods 3. Full Code 3.1. PanelExtensions 3.2. MvcPanel 3.3. TestView 3.4. StronglyTypedView 3.5. ViewModel 3.6. Controller 1. Introduction This is the porting of an old post I originally wrote in 2010 in my old blog. In this article I will […]
This post is an old one migrated from my early years blog: In this post I list the new line character for batch scripts, Makefile files and VBScript scripts. A while ago I spent a lot of time for finding information about which character was the line continuation character in […]
1. Tasks Block 2. MsBuild Task 2.1. MSBuild and ReferencePath – CruiseControl.NET not resolving reference to Nunit 2.2. An Alternative MSBuild Logger – Christian Rodemeyer’s MsBuildToCCNet 2.3. CruiseControl.NET Webdashboard fails in finding images if not installed in virtual directory 2.4. MSBuildToCCNET reports wrong number of compiled projects 2.5. CruiseControl.NET, MsBuild […]
Hopefully you’ve been attracted by the title of this post and you are wondering how can Scrum be related to the vaccines quarrel. Actually they both are related to how we tend to behave as human beings of the information era. About the Vaccines Quarrel Why am I talking about […]
1. Introduction 2. Resources 3. Prerequisites – Install Software 4. Setup a Subversion Repository with the Help of TortoiseSVN 4.1. Create a Repository 4.2. Set a Security Policy 4.3. Run Subversion Server Process 5. Checkout a Working Copy 6. Add content and Commit 6.1. Add a Text File to Versioning […]
<br /> You need to read this book though it is not a life changer. Dale Carnegie wrote it back in the ’30s of last century and you can feel it in the way it is written and from the assumptions about roles in society. The book is written as […]
1. Prerequisites 2. Introduction – SolutionInfo.cs 3. Introduction – Partitioned single solution 4. Partitioned single solution and SolutionInfo.cs – The problem 5. Partitioned single solution and SolutionInfo.cs – The Solution 6. Subversion Issue 695 and Release 1.5 7. Notes 7.1. Add a file as link 7.2. Set Build Action to […]
Great book providing the ultimate receipt for effective Product Ownership. The author, Gojco Adzitc, illustrates us how to identify the desired actions related to our product. Impact mapping is about visual management and about helping people to focus on the first things first. What an impact map is – from […]
1. Introduction 2. System Requirements 3. Download and Install 4. Package Contents 4.1. Test Class Library Project Template 4.2. Test Class ItemTemplate 4.3. Code Snippets 5. Uninstall 6. Suggested Books 1. Introduction If you’ve been using ‘NUnit’ you found yourself involved in doing repetitive actions like creating test projects and […]
1. Introduction 2. The problem 3. Other solutions 4. The goal 5. Example 6. Conclusion 7. Advantages of this solution 8. Full source code 1. Introduction Use of enumerations greatly enhance readability of code and let client code be type safe and easier to write. We don’t need to write […]
Reading this book is like having the best mentor you can desire sitting at your side desk. Kent Beck explains clearly his thoughts and experiences and how he made up his mind to find out better ways to deliver value. He does not present himself as the perfect teacher […]
1. Introduction 2. Resources 3. Installation 3.1. Install CruiseControl.NET 3.2. Create a CCNet Website in IIS 3.3. Install Nunit 4. CruiseControl.NET Server Configuration – General 5. Structure of a ‘Project’ Configuration File 6. Source Control Block 7. Trigger Block 8. Labeller Block 1. Introduction This article is the revised and […]