I've only used the standard Windows installer and Wix. The windows installer projects are pretty straightforward and can handle the usual tasks easily. Wix has...
I rarely have to write an installer. But when I did have to write a few, I used something called Inno Setup by Jordan Russell. This was around 2002 and the...
I've run into a problem with a new system we're writing for work, and some of the ideas that have come up from it are maybe interesting enough to discuss. ...
So if it's a unit of work, does that mean I should reuse the one that was used to fetch the SomeLinqToSqlEntity as it all comes under the same heading of...
I'm attempting to build a WebControl that will render a set of questions to ask a user. The questions are given to me by a web service, which I will then bind...
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Ayende Rahien
Ayende@...
Aug 1, 2008 3:41 pm
Take a look at PHT (http://berkeley.intel-research.net/sylvia/pht.pdf) It is a way to setup range queries on a DHT like memcached. That will allow you to...
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Ayende Rahien
Ayende@...
Aug 1, 2008 3:57 pm
You can use NVelocity without MonoRail. However, what is the scope of this control? If sounds like you have an entire module, not a web control...
You may be right. When calling the web service to get the questions to ask, I get triggers as well. ShowChildQuestion and CallXYZService are examples of...
In the past I've used an interface on my domain entities called IAuditable, which contained the created by, etc... fields. These were automatically set by an...
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Ayende Rahien
Ayende@...
Aug 1, 2008 4:41 pm
You are focusing on the tech. Focus on the problem. You need to have a WS that return HTML ? Is that the problem? I think not. What are you trying to achieve?...
We would like to know the interest in an ALT.NET User Group in New York City. Please vote if you are interested and would like to attend such a meeting. Vote...
I'm trying to come up with a way to display questions to a user where the questions, rendering, and client-side behavior will vary by application. Jason _____ ...
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Ayende Rahien
Ayende@...
Aug 1, 2008 5:29 pm
Okay, why make it complex then by adding HTML to the mix? Create a model that represent this and create a set of services to work with it. The UI is the app...
I am curious ... You said you needed "big database servers" to handle the queries ... 1) You said you have <> 2.5m rows and you are querying based on a ...
Does SvnBridge integrate well if only part of the team use it? I mean TFS has the habit to litter project and solution files with TFS specific information....
It's actually not TFS that's "littering" the project with TFS specific information, it's Visual Studio, so it rather depends on whether people will be planning...
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Ayende Rahien
Ayende@...
Aug 1, 2008 10:07 pm
Yes, it does. You might want to disable the TFS integration, because otherwise it will try to find it automatically, however....
+1 on git and the like. The VS integration bit is so over-emphasized. Drop down to the cli and commit. Done. I've also heard that /any/ VCS integration in VS...
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Ayende Rahien
Ayende@...
Aug 1, 2008 10:20 pm
It does, yes. I don't like command line for everything, not after being spoiled with TSVN ... It does, yes. I don't like command line for everything, not after...
"Spoiled" is right ;0) Command line forces me to keep commits smaller and ignore patterns in check. In TSVN, it's easy to just "live with it" and continue.. ...
To respond to one of your original questions: Also, slightly tangential, is there a way to request validation on a property of a class such as in the given...
Has anyone used TeamReview on codeplex http://www.codeplex.com/TeamReview? I'm the coordinator/developer - If you have any feedback for me I'd love to hear it....
Hi All, I've put together thoughts about alternate ways to test for expected exceptions in a blog post at http://blogs.nunit.com It's oriented to NUnit but...
Personally I am moving towards the constraint based syntax more and more, so I like the last option most. I enjoy using some bdd-ish stuff as well, like ...
The bdd-ish syntax could be layered rather easily on top of NUnit, but I would't want to see the two styles mixed in the same tests - it would just look wrong,...
... the story ... that I had ... same type ... I certainly concur with the deployable packages syntax. However, the web parts and such are standard ASP.NET 2.0...
How is having to run up a command prompt, navigate to the right directory, type out a fairly complex commit command along with comments easier than rigth click...
