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SDN Event June 14th
For SDN Event of June 14th I did two presentations Transactions   Why are transactions the bottleneck of so many applications? Why isn't the database always consistent, even though we use transactions? This session explains why everything in...
Colored console tracelistener for Enterprise Library 5.0
At work we’ve been using Enterprise Library for quite some time. A new colleague came in a few months ago and he’s apparently in love with log4net. And I’ve been proving over and over again that Enterprise Library logging can do what log4net can do. It...
Bing Maps on WPF and custom PushPin tutorial for PixelSense
I’ve just came back from a trip to Washington DC , where I’ve been at the 50th IAM International Moving Annual Meeting . This was for my employer TellUs , who’s into lead generation for international removal companies. A lot of people asked for the reason...
Template Method Pattern advanced example
This blogpost is part of a series Template Method Pattern explanation Template Method Pattern example Template Method Pattern advanced So we’ve looked at the Template Method Pattern with an implementation as really simple example, and another real...
Template Method Pattern example
This blogpost is part of a series Template Method Pattern explanation Template Method Pattern example Template Method Pattern advanced So in my previous post I explained how I change the template method pattern a bit with protected abstract methods. In...
Template Method Pattern explanation
This blogpost is part of a series Template Method Pattern explanation Template Method Pattern example Template Method Pattern advanced I’ve recently read a post about someone who hated the Template Method Pattern, because its intent wasn’t revealed. When...
How to unit test a method that has void as return type
How do I test a method that returns void? For example a method like this. public void Process(int leadId) { decimal price = _calculator.CalculateNormalLead(leadId); Lead lead = new Lead(leadId, price); _leadRepository.Save(lead); } How to test what the...
Locking in SQL Server and the nolock and readpast hints
I’ve written about transactions, the TransactionScope in .NET before. System.Transactions : An introduction System.Transactions : Unit Testing System.Transactions : Promotable Enlistment System.Transactions still not working System.Transactions : Read...
Publish / Subscribe with nServiceBus tutorial
When starting to dig into nServiceBus, you’ll notice almost every single example is executed via the NServiceBus.Host.exe instead of doing it in-process. In my opinion this might be more likely on the receiving side (the subscriber) that just does some...
ClickOnce manual updates
I’ve written some tutorials in the past to help people with manually updating their ClickOnce deployed applications. Manual check for updates with ClickOnce Turn off automatic updates with ClickOnce ClickOnce automated build and pfx file Creating ClickOnce...
Re-inventing Programming
Just subscribed to the next Devnology meeting. This one will be an expert meeting. Normally Devnology is all about communication and sharing experiences and knowledge, but this evening Rob Vens will be speaking about Re-inventing programming. At the end...
Attempted to read or write protected memory in a .NET application
Now this got me puzzled today for some time. I started up Visual Studio 2008 and opened a solution I had been working on for some time. But when trying to debug the application, it threw an error on Unity and the SerivceLocator trying to get an instance...
Attach to debugger script and shortcut
I got sick of manually attaching to the webserver (either aspnet_wp.exe on WinXP or w3wp.exe on Win2003 or later). You can have a macro for that, incl. a shortcut key. I got this from somewhere on the web, but forgot where. If I find out, I’ll of course...
ClickOnce deployment, signed manifests and automated builds and ResolveKeySource failing…
I love ClickOnce, automated builds and a lot more Microsoft stuff. Unfortunately not for everything there is a simple solution. I ran into a new problem today. I was playing around with certificates, signed manifests and all of this in an automated build...
Microsoft project “Velocity”
Thursday September the 4th I gave a presentation for DotNed about Velocity, the framework to enable distributed cache on the Windows platform. It was a fun evening for me with lots of great questions from the audience. You can download the slides from...
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