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using the asp.net lego blocks to create a synchronized Kanban board.

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Eric Hexter

Over the last 1-2 years the capabilities of the web lego blocks (libraries) have really come together to allow us, the web development community. to start putting together some really interesting applications. The best part is all of the plumbing … Continue reading →

Posted in Asp.Net, Asp.Net MVC, jQuery, jquery mobile, knockoutJs, Open Source Software, signalR | 6 Comments

Tip to become a successful software engineer.

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Eric Hexter

This post is a follow up to Derick’s great post. I could not agree with his view point any more., but it struck a chord with me.  There is more to it. To actually call yourself a software engineer you … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Engineering, Protip, Software Engineering | 24 Comments

ASP.Net Web Config Transform Console Utility released on nuget

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Eric Hexter

Overview ASP.Net Web.config transformations are a great way to manage configuration differences between environments. You can easily change a database connection string or change the compilation model for asp.net.  Here is a link to the syntax documentation on msdn. The … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, Asp.Net, Asp.Net MVC, CodeProject, Deployment, MSDeploy, nuget, Open Source Software, OSS, Tools | 6 Comments

Are your unit tests still hard to read ? – Should Assertion Library

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Eric Hexter

I created the Should library to fill a gap in the testing ecosystem in the .Net space.  Simply put, I took what I liked about using extension methods to make a more readable set of assertions, but made the library … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, CodeProject, Open Source Software, OSS, Should, testing, Unittests | 15 Comments

Using sql compact for integration tests with entity framework.

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Eric Hexter

In my practices using continuous integration, I try to achieve 100% code coverage using integration tests. This is a separate metric from my unit tests, think of these tests as verifying all of my infrastructure code works properly when wired … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, Asp.Net MVC, CodeProject, EntityFramework, Tools, Unittests | 8 Comments

using MVC Navigation Routes in Twitter.Bootstrap.MVC4

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Eric Hexter

One of the features that the Twitter.Bootstrap.MVC4 nuget package provides is a simple route based menu system.  By adding explicit routes to your application you can control, the top menu for your application. To learn more about the Package read … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, Asp.Net, Asp.Net MVC, Bootstrap.mvc, Open Source Software, OSS | 28 Comments

Twitter.Bootstrap.MVC4– new release 1.0.71

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Eric Hexter

To learn more about the Package read these blog posts: Introduction Release 1.0.71 Bootstrap MVC – Menu System Some interesting stats for the project. It has gotten a bunch of attention on the interwebs. The package has over 2,500 downloads, … Continue reading →

Posted in Asp.Net, Asp.Net MVC, Bootstrap.mvc, c#, CodeProject, jQuery | Tagged | 4 Comments

Loading KnockoutJS View Models from ASP.Net MVC, for faster page loads

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Eric Hexter

This is a little deep dive that came out of a previous post on my SignalR Series.   Background First lets talk about a little background.  The popularity of the Single Page Application (SPA) has seen its rise and fall, … Continue reading →

Posted in Asp.Net, Asp.Net MVC, CodeProject, javascript, knockoutJs | 36 Comments

Portable Areas three years later – Part 5

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Eric Hexter

I have written a lot about Portable Areas in the past and thought it was a good time for an update. The purpose of a Portable Area has not changed. This is a multi post series on ASP.Net MVC Portable … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, Asp.Net, Asp.Net MVC, mvc, mvccontrib, Portable Area | 12 Comments

Build Metrics with Distributed Teams & Large Organizations

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Eric Hexter

With some recent changes at work and I am looking at the quality of software development teams across a very large software organization. I am currently looking at getting the teams back to the basics in terms of software quality. … Continue reading →

Posted in agile, CodeProject, continous improvement, continous integration, offshore, Tools, Unittests | Comments Off