Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Dependency Inversion Principle

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Gabriel Schenker

In this post I want to discuss the D of the S.O.L.I.D. principles and patterns. The principles and patterns subsumed in S.O.L.I.D. can be seen as the cornerstones of “good” application design. In this context D is the place holder … Continue reading →

Posted in design, practices, SOLID | 14 Comments

True Swiss don’t like mocks!

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Gabriel Schenker

Preface Hey, we Swiss are proud of our products! Have you ever owned a real Swiss Watch like this nice Rolex shown in the first picture? Or did you ever enjoy the delicious taste of Swiss chocolate? What about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mock, mocking framework, TDD | 6 Comments

Synchronizing calls to the UI in a multi-threaded application

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Gabriel Schenker

Introduction More and more we are forced to write multi-threaded or asynchronous applications to e.g. leverage the many cores or cpu’s of our servers and personal computers. But when dealing with multiple threads or asynchronous callbacks we often have to … Continue reading →

Posted in asynchronous, multi threading | 16 Comments

Real Swiss don’t need SRP, do they?

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Gabriel Schenker

Introduction You may ask yourself why I publish another article about the single responsibility principle (SRP). We already had some very good post about this principle at Los Techies, e.g. here, here and here to mention just a few. Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in introduction, patterns, practices, SOLID | 19 Comments

Coming from place far far away

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Gabriel Schenker

Many many thanks to all the guys from Los Techies for their invitation! I feel flattered being now a member of the group. Many of the members of Los Techies I have been able to meet personally either at the … Continue reading →

Posted in introduction, misc | 5 Comments