In this episode we are going to take a look at how you can setup Static Type checking within your ASP.Net MVC web project. Having static checking is a great asset as it can reduce the chances of run time errors due to refactoring. Static checking will also allow the compiler to verify all your strongly typed objects are being called correctly.

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In this episode we are going to take a look at reading and writing to the registry.

The registry is a bane to use and work with, but lets face it many, many applications we will work on will utilize it. Because of this fact we are going to review how to read and write data to it in a simple and easy fashion.

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In this episode we are going to take a look at the new Code Contracts library which is out of MS Research and will be part of .Net 4.0/Vs2010.

Contracts allow for many different ways to perform language agnostic code validation and in this episode we are going to focus on how to utilize the Object Invariant checking to maintain an objects state.

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In this episode we will take a look at how to create a custom function for your NAnt script.

After you have the basics of NAnt down you may quickly find out that there are features you need, but they are not part of the core library. The good news for you is that in very little effort or coding you can create your own custom assembly which will expose your newly created NAnt functions

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In this episode we will continue taking a look at the Spark View engine.

In this episode we will focus our attention on how to utilized both global variables and local variables. We will also take a look at how to create and use both strongly typed viewdata and weakly typed view data.

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In this episode we will continue taking a look at how to setup the Hudson build server for usage in a .net environment.

We will be taking a look at how we can use Hudson to report our Unit Tests results after each build. We will be looking at both reporting NUnit and MSTest results and will also show how you can convert MSTest results into NUnit results in order to report all tests in a single screen.

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In this episode we will take at how we can use the Observer Pattern in our application.

This is a follow up episode to Episode 108 where we take another look at this pattern and how we can implement it using either call backs or events. The Observer pattern allows you to define a one-to-many relationship inside your application where the parent object (the one) has the ability to notify the child objects (the many) of any state change. You can utilize this pattern to make sure that a set of objects are keep in order when there behavior needs to change based on the state of your application.

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In this episode we take a how you can use the Template Design Pattern in your applications.

The Template Design Pattern is perhaps one of the most widely used and useful design pattern. It is used to set up the outline or skeleton of an algorithm, leaving the details to specific implementations later. This way, subclasses can override parts of the algorithm without changing its overall structure.

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In this episode we are going to take another look at Episode 96 (Dependency Inversion Principle) and add in the usage of StructureMap.

In the original episode Stephan kept the code simple and on point by showing how to do DI by hand. In this episode I am going to show you how to take that up a notch and use an IoC container to make life a little simpler

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This is the fourth in a 5 part series where we will explore the tenets of the S.O.L.I.D principles.

In this episode we will take a look at the I (Interface Segregation Principle) and see how following this principle can help us to create cleaner, more manageable code

S - Sinlge Responsibility Principle
O - Open/Closed Principle
L - Liskov Substitution Principle
I - Interface Segregation Principle
D - Dependency Inversion Principle

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In this episode we take a look at how you can retrieve data frp, a REST based service in C#. We wll walk though the steps needed to build the build the connection and then connect to and retrieve the data from the remote service. In order to do this we will utilize the WebRequest and the WebResponse objects in C# (.net)

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This is the first in a 5 part series where we will explore the tenets of the S.O.L.I.D principles.

In this first episode we will take a look at the S (Single Responsibility Principle) and see how following this principle can help us to create cleaner, more manageable code

S - Sinlge Responsibility Principle
O - Open/Closed Principle
L - Liskov Substitution Principle
I - Interface Segregation Principle
D - Dependency Inversion Principle

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In this episode we will take a look at how you can break your WCF service into multiple projects.

We will walk you though how it is possible to put your WCF contracts into a commong project which can be shared by others, as well as how to put you domain entities into their own project. Having the ability to split out these parts allows for cleaner code and better maintainability.

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