Category Archives: OSS

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Twitter.Bootstrap.MVC4; the Bootstrap package for ASP.Net MVC4

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Eric Hexter

UPDATE: To learn more about the Package read these blog posts: Introduction Release 1.0.71 Bootstrap MVC – Menu System Bootstrap as described by the project website is: “Sleek, intuitive, and powerful front-end framework for faster and easier web development”. It is … Continue reading →

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Publish and Subscribe using SignalR in Home Automation – Part 3

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Eric Hexter

using signalR aspnetmvc knockoutjs javascript jquerymobile x10 Part 1 – Synchronizing webpages across devices with SignalR Part 2 – Architecture for a SignalR Synchronized Webpage Application Part 3 – Publish Subscribe using SignalR Part 4 – Front End Code Review … Continue reading →

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Architecture for a SignalR Synchronized Webpage Application

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Eric Hexter

using: signalR aspnetmvc knockoutjs javascript jquerymobile x10 Part 1 – Synchronizing webpages across devices with SignalR Part 2 – Architecture for a SignalR Synchronized Webpage Application Part 3 – Publish Subscribe using SignalR Part 4 – Front End Code Review … Continue reading →

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OSS Rules of Engagement

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

After two posts to a reaction of a comment on feedback I had for the Git installer, I thought it was pertinent to share my thoughts on OSS rules of engagement. Scott Chacon left a comment along the lines of … Continue reading →

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Mac and iOS Development Toolbox

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Scott Densmore

I have been building for the Mac and iOS for the last couple of years and the list of tools I have ben using has been growing (and shrinking).  There is a great development community around the Mac / iOS. … Continue reading →

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JavaScript Can’t Do Math – SilverlightCalculator A New Silverlight OSS Project

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Rod Paddock

It’s amazing what a lack of sleep can do for the OSS World. Over the last year I have encountered numerous places where I wanted to do simple financial equations in my JavaScript applications. You know really complex stuff like … Continue reading →

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Using Solution Factory + NuPack to create Opinionated Visual Studio Solutions.

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Eric Hexter

Using Solution Factory inside of NuPack opens up a great new world of creating Solution Level templates. Previously, I wrote a lot of code in Solution Factory that just kept running into edge cases working against the Visual Studio automation … Continue reading →

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