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Null Object Pattern
03 April 08 11:01 AM | cjlotz | with no comments

I've been going through some chapters of Agile Principles, Patterns and Practices in C# (which I highly recommend ) and I came across a nice trick when implementing the Null Object Pattern that I wanted to share. Background For those new to the Null Object Pattern, I quote from Wikipedia: In most object-oriented languages, such as Java , references may be null . These references need to be checked to ensure they are not null before invoking any methods , because you can't invoke anything...

Filed under: Object-Orientation

Izindaba #18
16 November 07 05:06 AM | cjlotz | with no comments

Time for another weekly round-up of developer news that focuses on .NET, agile and general development content. (Izindaba = Zulu for News). .NET ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 1) - Scott Guthrie builds an e-commerce store application to illustrate how to use the cool new ASP.NET MVC Framework So Many Tools - So Little Time! - Jesse Liberty tries to summarize when to use what tools for doing Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1 development. Code Metrics as Check-in Policy - The Code Analysis Team shows how to prevent...

Filed under: SDLC, TDD, DeveloperTools, Agile, Object-Orientation, Silverlight, Orm, ASPNet, CLR, Architecture, SQL, DynamicCodeAnalysis, Misc

Izindaba #17
09 November 07 05:11 AM | cjlotz | with no comments

Time for another weekly round-up of developer news that focuses on .NET, agile and general development content. .NET Top 10 things to know about VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 - Excellent post from Daniel Moth that brings together all the links to the yummy goodness that is .NET 3.5 and VS 2008 Debugger Visualisers for MethodInfo, DynamicMethod and MethodBase - Roy Osherove provides some cool debugger visualizers to view the IL generated for run-time DynamicMethods . How are value types implemented...

Filed under: SDLC, DeveloperTools, Object-Orientation, Orm, VisualStudio, CLR, SOA, SQL, Misc, Mono

Izindaba #16 Reloaded
01 November 07 09:42 PM | cjlotz | with no comments

Time for another weekly round-up of developer news that focuses on .NET, agile and general development content. As Windows Live Writer has kindly overwritten Izindaba #15 with the new Izindaba #16, I am re-posting the Izindaba #16 content. .NET Optimizing the Silverlight Install Experience - Scott Guthrie shows how to include the Silverlight install directly from your own site. Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to Write Web Apps without Viewstate or Postbacks - Article by Jeffrey Palermo (code samples...

Filed under: SDLC, DeveloperTools, Agile, Object-Orientation, Silverlight, ASPNet, CLR, SOA, Javascript, Coding, Mono

Izindaba #16
26 October 07 06:28 AM | cjlotz | with no comments

Time for another weekly round-up of developer news that focuses on .NET, agile and general development content. .NET Optimizing the Silverlight Install Experience - Scott Guthrie shows how to include the Silverlight install directly from your own site. Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to Write Web Apps without Viewstate or Postbacks - Article by Jeffrey Palermo (code samples included) that show the future ASP.NET MVC Framework in action. Reference Implementation for the Web Client Software Factory ...

Filed under: SDLC, DeveloperTools, Object-Orientation, Silverlight, ASPNet, WinForms, CLR, SOA, Javascript, Coding, Mono

Izindaba #6
24 August 07 07:43 AM | cjlotz | 1 comment(s)

Time for another weekly roundup of news that focuses on .NET and general development related content: NUnit 2.4.3 Released - Another update that includes mostly bug fixes. SketchPath - A XPath development and XML analysis tool. PowerShell Toolbox - Collection of PowerShell links. LLBLGen Pro v2.5 Released - Frans Bouma reports on the new features in the latest release of this .NET ORM. Mocking Linq: Preview - News from Eli Lopian on the forthcoming support for mocking LINQ queries from the TypeMock...

Filed under: TDD, DeveloperTools, Agile, Object-Orientation, Learning, Linq, Ajax, Orm, VisualStudio, IoC, ASPNet, Ruby, Teamwork, StaticCodeAnalysis, Javascript, Powershell, XML

Great agile development practises post
18 August 06 10:07 PM | cjlotz | 2 comment(s)

Jeremy Miller has posted a Best of the Shade Tree Developer blog that outlines the best blog entries that he has created since he started blogging. There is some great content on some agile development practices, patterns, TDD, mock objects etc. While you at it, subscribe to his blog - it makes for great reading. Enjoy! Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

Filed under: TDD, Agile, Object-Orientation