In this episode we are going to start to take a look at the Lucene.Net Search Engine Library. Lucene.Net is a source code, class-per-class, API-per-API and algorithmatic port of the Java Lucene search engine to the C# and .NET platform utilizing Microsoft .NET Framework. In this episode we will learn the basics needed to simply get Lucene.net up and running.

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In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use the Iterator Design Pattern.

We will look at how using the Iterator Pattern can help you abstract the way in which you interact with a collection of data. This is helpful when you are working with various formats but you would like to create a constant way to work with each format.

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In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests.

This time around we are going to be focusing how to use Partial Mocks to test abstract classes and methods within a concrete class.

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In this episode we are going to continue our series on how to create a build script using the Nant build tool.

In this episode we going to take a look at how we can create dynamic config files by putting tokens in your files and letting Nant replace those tokens for each user based on their unique settings.

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In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use the reflection to invoke members on an object

Reflection can allow you to call methods, properties, etc of any scope on an object. This can be a very, very useful tool for the tool-belt for the times this is needed. 

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In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests.

We are going to focusing this episode on how to setup you mocks when you need to mock a class with either Out or Ref arguements.

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In this episode we are going to take a look at how to find varous markers (interfaces and attributes) on a class by using reflection. This technique can help you to build out dynamic loading/find type of logic in your pluggable applications.

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In this episode we are going to continue our series were we are exploring some of the features of StructureMap 2.5.

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to setup profiles to allow the container to dynamicly determine which objects to inject.

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In this episode we are going to take a look at a refactoring technique outlined in detail in Working Effectively with Legacy Code

We will walk though this technique and take a look at how it can help you to create better and more maintainable code.

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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 continue our series were we are exploring some of the features of StructureMap 2.5.

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to setup and use the Registry feature of StructureMap. This is a feature that will allow the IoC container to scan for and find a method in a single class which will setup your mappings for the associated assembly.

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In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests. We will focus our learning this time around on the various ways you can setup and validate complex expectations on your stubs/fakes. Validating these expectations will allow your to confirm in tests your dependencies are being used in the manor expected.

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In this episode we are going to take a look at how to read data from custom performance counters.

Part of the core .net framework allows you to not only create (see episode 114) counters, but also allows you to read from them as well. We will show how you can easily create hooks to take advantage of these counters and read in the data.

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In this episode we are going to kickoff a new series were we will be exploring some of the features of StructureMap 2.5.

We are going to start off by looking at the simple use case and how to setup for Auto Registration. Auto Registration is where StructureMap can map your types for you, assuming you follow the standard convention where Foo implementes IFoo.

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In this episode we are going to continue our series on learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests. We will focus our learning this time around on the various ways you can setup and validate expectations on your stubs/fakes. Validating these expectations will allow your to confirm in tests your dependencies are being used in the manor expected.

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In this episode we will continue our series on how to create a build script using the NAnt build tool. In this episode we will take a look at how to add in the ability to run the MSTest testing engine via our scripts to run our MSTest unit tests.

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In this episode we are going to start learning how to use an isolation framework (Rhino Mocks) to help create simpler and more reliable unit tests.

In this episode we will start off our learning experience by learning the basics. We will be taking a look at how to setup stubs/fakes in order to hard wire return values for our objects/methods.

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

The Mediator pattern allows us to create a loosely coupled system by creating a set of objects which encapsulates the way that sets of objects interact with each other. By removing this behavior from the individual objects you reduce their responsibility and reduce coupling.

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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 take at how we can use the Decorator Pattern in our application.

The decorator pattern is a structural pattern which allows you to attach new or additional actions to an object dynamically. Using the decorator pattern provides a very clean and flexible alternative to subclassing (via inheritance) your object and thus creating an unwanted inheritance tree

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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 setup pre and post condition validation.

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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 are going to take a look at how to create custom performance counters.

Part of the core .net framework allows you to create code which can hook into the underlying performance counters which the windows OS has. We will show how you can easily create hooks to take advantage of these counters.

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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 will take a look at how we can use the State Pattern in our application.

The State pattern is designed to allow you to create a way to reset or change how an object will act when its state is changed. By utilizing this pattern you can cleanly and easliy setup your application to be state away and be able to make decisions based on the given state

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In this episode we will take a look at how to setup the Hudson build server for our application. We will start off by showing how simple it is to install Hudson and then walk through various configuration points in the server. Finally we will end up by creating a simple build which pulls from SVN and runs our Nant script

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

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 Adapter Design Pattern in your applications.

The adapter pattern comes in 2 types, the Class Adapter and the Object Adapter. In this episode we will demo the class adapter but explain the general concepts behind both class and object adapters

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In this episode we will take a look at the Func and Action types

We will take a look at how these two types to allow you to simplify your code and replace the need to create delegates when you need to use function pointers.

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In this episode we will take a look at how you can utilize the power of RowTests within NUnit. By learning how to use RowTests you can reduce the amount of duplicate test code which exists when doing data driven tests.

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In this episode we will continue our series on how to create a build script using the NAnt build tool.

In this episode we will take a look at how to add in the ability to run the fxCop static analysis tool to your build script. Having this ability can allow you to keep very close tabs on your code at any time.

You can get the script for this episode here

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

We will start off by looking at code which does not utilize this pattern and then take a look at how we can refactor the code base to utilize the Strategy Pattern.

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In this episode we take a look at how to build a progressive fluent interface

A Progressive Fluent Interface is a DSL in which the options can and will change as you progress through the syntax. This is a useful form of a fluent interface if the want to be able to skillfully guide the user down only one path at a time.

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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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In this episode we take a look at how you can post data to a REST based service in C#.

We wll walk though the steps needed to build the data and then post it to the service. In order to do this we will utilie the WebRequest and the WebResponse objects in C# (.net)

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In this episode we will continue our short series on how to use the FluentNHibernate library to create you NHibernate mapping files. We will walk you though how to create your mappings for tables which have Composite Keys. This is NOT meant to teach you how to use the NHibernate OR/M

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In this episode we will continue our series on how to create a build script using the NAnt build tool.

In this episode we will be building off our existing script to add the ability to run sql scripts using the SqlCmd tool.

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