Tim’s Blog
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Developing for Open Source Languages on Windows the Better Way
When working with php, rails, python, etc, windows is sufficient, but definitely leaves something to be desired. The ports of these languages are definitely second class. With Microsoft’s backing php support with IIS is improving, but it’s not the same. And usually you are going to deploy those apps on a linux/bsd web server, so […]
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Datalayer Decisions (Repository, DAO, Services) in Domain-Driven-Design Applications
I have been working several applications lately at work that use Domain-Driven Design. I had a couple of questions about design choices I saw made in the applications I’m working with. I recently talked to an architect who uses DDD a lot (Model first), and had the chance to pick his brain. Here’s what I […]
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NHibernate and Auto Properties
I’ve been working through the NHibernate with ASP.NET ProblemDesignSolution (Wrox Blox), with some small changes. I’m writing my sample in C# using the .Net framework 3.5. I prefer to use auto-properties. It’s common that fields have private setters and only nhibernate can map using the backing field (set via reflection). public String City { get; […]
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Equals, ==, and MSTest
public class SampleClass { public int X { get; set; } public override bool Equals(object obj) { if (obj == null) return false; if (obj.GetType() != typeof(SampleClass)) return false; var s = obj as SampleClass; return this.X == s.X; } } Tests: [TestMethod()] public void EqualsTest() { var sc = new SampleClass { X = […]
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External Tools in Visual Studio
If you use subversion or git, bouncing over to source control is something you have to do a lot from Visual Studio. Here’s how to make it easier. In Visual Studio, go to Tools -> External Tools and setup Explorer if you use TortoiseSVN, or GitBash if you use that.
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