LINKBLOG for August 18, 2008
Aug 18th, 2008 by AZuidhof
ASP.NET MVC Tip #33 – Unit Test LINQ to SQL – Stephen Walther
‘ I demonstrate how to unit test the LINQ to SQL DataContext object by creating a Fake DataContext ‘Why you should always unscubscribe event handlers – Davy Brion
‘ Not doing so might lead to instances not being removed if the event’s publisher has a longer lifetime than your object will have ‘Building A Solid Core Contest Update – Help Pick The Winner – Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo
Jean-Paul asked for inspirational stories on how people came to be what they are: passionate developers having an impact on the lifes of people around them. While I haven’t completely read though them all (yet), there are some real pearls in there!Fighting the Superstitions of Software Development: Questioning the Assumptions – Esther Schindler
If you made a technical assertion, Mike would ask, “Is that true?” Mike didn’t ask the question to imply you were wrong; he asked, “Is that true?”Automate File Upload in Google Docs – Google OS Blog
Cool stuff and a must-know for those of you who use Google Docs
‘ In Windows, you can easily create a batch file that automates the upload of multiple files to Google Docs (…) ‘Does your team culture encourage learning? – Tim Stall
The idea of a team Wiki resonates with me. Important in my opinion in learning is that also juniors are motivated to *share* their knowledge, not only learn from the seniors. This has to go from the bottom up. Yuo can easily let them investigate a small piece of a framework, some new hot technology, or whatever, and encourage them to share their knowledge in the WikiBuilding a WPF Application: Part 2 – Christopher Bennage
Christopher continues his walk through explaining how his team builds WPF apps. Whicht reminds me…must. look. at. WPF. or. go. extinct!Is too much value placed on pedigree? – Robert Stackhouse
‘ Fortunately, no one ever told be that I would be bad at programming ‘The Trickle List – Rands In Repose
Michael has an interesting continuation of his previous post, The taste of the day, filling in the pieces that the previous post left
‘ (…) while things and stuff are part of the gig, if it’s all you’re doing, you’re productive, but you’re vigorously running in place. You’re tactical, but not strategic ‘From Complexity Theory to Practical Management – Jurgen Appelo
‘ I should not be telling people how interesting complexity theory is, and what we might learn from it. (…) What I should do is to try and find some Laws of Software Projects… ‘CircleDock Surrounds Your Mouse with Files, Folders, and Shortcuts – Adam Pash
Cool stuff, but the best is… it’s a .NET 3.5 appIt’s time for IoC Container Detente – Jeremy D. Miller
‘ (…) there are multiple IoC containers out there, and tying your framework to any of those containers is bound to irritate a big swath of people ‘
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