Monthly Archives: February 2009

AutoMapper now on TeamCity.CodeBetter.com

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

Big thanks to Jeffrey for getting this going: http://teamcity.codebetter.com/project.html?projectId=project13 What made it much easier was that I used TreeSurgeon as a starting place for builds.  NAnt isn’t the dirt easiest thing to get going from scratch, so TreeSurgeon’s tree and … Continue reading →

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Seamless test authoring with ReSharper and AutoHotKey

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

Although I’m no big believer of code generation, the micro-code generation of ReSharper can be a huge timesaver.  For every common snippet of code or common file I would create, I could create a simple template that might create a … Continue reading →

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Polymorphism in Expression trees

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

While trying to be extra-clever today, I found a potential nasty issue when dealing with strongly-typed reflection.  Suppose I have a simple hierarchy of objects: public abstract class Base { public abstract string Foo { get; } } public class … Continue reading →

Posted in C# | 5 Comments

AutoMapper feature: projection

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

I’m slowly filling in documentation for AutoMapper, which is turning out to be exactly as much fun as I estimated. Projection Projection transforms a source to a destination beyond flattening the object model.  Without extra configuration, AutoMapper requires a flattened … Continue reading →

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Spaces in identifier names in C#

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

While I’m a fan of descriptive member names for testcase classes and test methods, there wasn’t a great way to create readable text.  Text in code editors is almost universally monospace, which reads very well for languages with lots of … Continue reading →

Posted in BDD, C# | 16 Comments

Validation in a DDD world

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

It’s a common question, “Where do I put validation?”  Simple answer: put it where it’s needed. But it’s not just a question of “where”, but of “when”, “what” and “why”.  If we treat our entities as data holders, we might … Continue reading →

Posted in Domain-Driven Design | 20 Comments

Language feature parity and the polyglot programmer

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

For the average .NET developer, language features in the other .NET language don’t matter 99% of the time.  Unless of course, you’re using a framework designed for features that don’t exist for the language you’re using. Such is the plight … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc | 8 Comments

AutoMapper 0.2 released

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

With quite a few community patches submitted, I dropped AutoMapper version 0.2 today.  Here’s the release notes: Added: Better mapping exceptions that capture current mapping context Custom instantiation expressions for value formatters Custom instantiation expressions for value resolvers Support for … Continue reading →

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Entropy in software

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

One of the greatest lessons I had growing up was from my music teacher, on improvement: You’re either getting better or getting worse, but you’re never standing still The same applies to a software system.  Any software system’s design either … Continue reading →

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On symbology and materialism

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

In a great article, Scott Bellware talks about the detrimental nature of a fixation of symbology on teaching.  This is especially true in software development, where the justification, shape and application of tools are not quite as clear as other … Continue reading →

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