Dustin Brown
I'm a software developer who works primarily with .NET and C# - but I love exploring new languages and technologies. I'm passionate about creating software and learning how to do it better. @mrdustpan
Command/Query Objects with Dapper
Recently I've been looking to move away from the repository pattern. I always seem to end up with a bunch of classes that end with the word "Repository" but are far from the original intent of the pattern. The classes are large and unwieldy,...
On Comments
When I was first learning to program I was taught that you must comment your code. All good programmers provide nice descriptive comments for everything they write. If you don't comment your code, you're a horrible person.
I took this to heart and heavily commented my code....
My Git Cheat Sheet
Here’s a nice little cheat sheet of the most common commands I’ve been using in Git, to push my changes out to Github:
#change directory to c:\dev\projectscd /c/dev/projects#get the status of current directorygit status#stage all pending addes/updatesgit add .#stage all...MSDN Gripe
As a .NET developer, I often find myself on the MSDN website. This is a great site with a ton of resources, not least of which is the documentation for the .NET framework.
However I notice that when I Google for something I often find myself trying to avoid links to MSDN,...
Testing Validation Attributes in ASP.NET MVC
One of the really cool features of MVC 2 is the integration of Data Annotation validation attributes with the model binder. You can add pre-defined validation attributes to your view models (or roll your own) and the validation is automatically...
PDC 09 : Days 2 & 3
The past couple days have been pretty crazy. I didn’t have a chance to blog last night because I was too beat after Geekfest!
Here is some random stuff from the past 2 days:
Keynote day 2:
- The Gu gave a great keynote and talked about Silverlight pretty much the entire time. I’m...
PDC 09 : Day 1
Wow, I’m beat. Just got back to the hotel after a full day at the convention. Here are some highlights:
It’s All About the Cloud
This morning’s keynote focused almost entirely on the Windows Azure stack. It seems clear that Microsoft is very serious about Azure and...
SQL Change Data Capture __$operation Values
In case you want to know what the value of the __$operation field means in a SQL CDC table, here ya go:
1 = delete
2 = insert
3 = update (before the update)
4 = update (after the update)
TDD Part 4: Conclusion
Well I hope you've enjoyed this series. Again, I wasn't aiming to answer every question around TDD, as I still have many myself. But rather I wanted to share my experiences in hopes that it might help someone else.
Also, I would really love some feedback...
TDD Part 3: Keys to Effective TDD
When I first started using TDD, it was a struggle. My tests seemed as complicated as the actual classes I was trying to write, and I didn’t really feel like I was getting a lot of benefit from the tests.
When I would change some code that would cause a test...
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