RabbitMQ for Windows: Fanout Exchanges

This is the sixth installment to the series: RabbitMQ for Windows. In the last installment, we walked through creating a direct exchange example and introduced the push API. In this installment, we’ll walk through a fanout exchange example. As discussed … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

RabbitMQ for Windows: Direct Exchanges

This is the fifth installment to the series: RabbitMQ for Windows.  In the last installment, we took a look at the four exchange types provided by RabbitMQ: Direct, Fanout, Topic, and Headers.  In this installment we’ll walk through an example … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

RabbitMQ for Windows: Exchange Types

This is the fourth installment to the series: RabbitMQ for Windows.  In the last installment, we reviewed our Hello World example and introduced the concept of Exchanges.  In this installment, we’ll discuss the four basic types of RabbitMQ exchanges. Exchange … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

RabbitMQ for Windows: Hello World Review

This is the third installment to the series: RabbitMQ for Windows.  In the last installment, we discussed some basic messaging concepts and created our first RabbitMQ application.  In this installment, we’ll be taking a closer look at our Hello World … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

Dependency Management in .Net: Offline Dependencies with NuGet Command Line Tool

Today I stumbled upon Scott Haselman’s post: How to access NuGet when NuGet.org is down (or you’re on a plane) in which Scott discusses how he recovered from an issue with the nuget.org site being down during his demo at … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

RabbitMQ for Windows: Building Your First Application

This is the second installment to the RabbitMQ for Windows series.  In our first installment, we walked through getting RabbitMQ installed on a Microsoft Windows machine. In this installment, we’ll discuss a few high-level concepts and walk through creating our … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 2 Comments

RabbitMQ for Windows: Introduction

If you’re interested in getting started with distributed programming and you develop on the Microsoft Windows platform, RabbitMQ may be what you’re looking for.  RabbitMQ is an open source, standards-based, multi-platform message broker with client libraries available for a host … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 8 Comments

JavaScript Closures Explained

If you write any code in JavaScript then you’ve probably used closures, but do you actually understand what they are and how they work?  Taking the time to understand closures and how they’re implemented can add a deeper dimension to … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 13 Comments

Acronyms and Ubiquitous Language

Acronyms are often employed within organizations as a way to abbreviate frequently used phrases in an attempt to expedite communication.  Unfortunately, their use often does the exact opposite.  Many programming language style guides discourage the use of acronyms.  For instance, … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

How To Produce Bug-Free Software

Many are resigned to the fact that all software is destined to contain some “bugs”, but did you know it’s possible (and arguably pretty easy) to always produce “bug-free” software?  In this article, I’ll explain how. Terms To begin, let’s … Continue reading 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 4 Comments