Monthly Archives: September 2007

Another Quick Tip: Asserting view renders in a MonoRail controller test

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

This is another one of those “blog it so I can remember it” posts. My last post about a similar tip was relating to asserting redirects in a MonoRail controller.  This one deals with asserting which view is being rendered in your … Continue reading →

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Agile Web Development with Rails – Chapter 1

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

As I mentioned previously, I’m starting to dig into the Ruby language for its elegance and the Rails framework in search of better, more efficient ways to develop web applications.  As part of this learning process, I figured it was essential that … Continue reading →

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Courage-Driven Blogging

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, — Proverbs 2:10-11 One of the reasons I blog and specifically, post code to my blog, is that I really … Continue reading →

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Building the often needed anti-corruption layer

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.  — Proverbs 1:7 “Agile Joe” and I were chatting about the challenges of building on top of existing application platforms, specifically ones like Microsoft … Continue reading →

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The importance of tools to a software craftsman

Posted on September 8, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship — Exodus 31:3 Folks often wonder why I carry my keyboard around with me everywhere there … Continue reading →

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Quick Tip: Asserting response redirects in a MonoRail controller test

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

Reading this post by Sean reminded me of when I first started using the trunk’s BaseControllerTest.  One nifty little property on the base test controller’s mock Response object is RedirectedTo.  So you can do something like this: 1: // some … Continue reading →

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Refactoring towards a DRY, fluent interface

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

But I (Jesus) say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you — Matthew 5:44 Problem In my current project, I … Continue reading →

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Change is in the air…

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Joey Beninghove

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path — Psalms 119:105 MonoRail, still my preference for .NET Well during my recent 2 month blogging hiatus I’ve gotten settled into my first project at the … Continue reading →

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