The TryThis method

Posted on August 27, 2009 by John Teague

The more I learn and use dynamic languages like JavaScript and Ruby, the more I feel the constraints placed on me by the C# compiler.  Today I needed to wrap a bunch of calls to a web service facade in … Continue reading →

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Wiring Up Generics In Castle Windsor

Posted on August 20, 2009 by John Teague

I’m working with a new team that has a slightly different technology stack then I’m used to.  On most projects where I am the team lead, StructureMap is my IOC container of choice.  I’ve always thought that this was just … Continue reading →

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Demeter Helps You Fend Off the One True Constant: Change

Posted on July 20, 2009 by John Teague

There have been some good discussion lately around the Law of Demeter.  The worst thing about Law of Demeter is that it has the word “Law” in it.  Like all of the SOLID principles, it should be considered a rule … Continue reading →

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Giving Your MVC Views an Identity

Posted on July 15, 2009 by John Teague

One of the great CSS tips I got from Zen of CSS was to put an id on the body tag of your html pages.  This makes it really easy to use one CSS file for your entire site (a … Continue reading →

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Programming Basics: The for loop can do more than increment an integer

Posted on June 12, 2009 by John Teague

This is one of those small things that is easy to forget.  Usually when we use a for loop, we’ll just incrment over an integer so that we can get a specific item out of some iteration.  But you can … Continue reading →

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Ruby and Rake as an executable

Posted on June 10, 2009 by John Teague

I’ve been trying for months to get my partner in crime, Stephen Balkum, to switch to Rake as our default build system.  We’ve been using Nant FOREVER and while it works, I really hate writing Nant scripts. The problem Stephen … Continue reading →

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Austin Code Camp Schedule

Posted on May 24, 2009 by John Teague

Several people have already mentioned some of the sessions at this year’s Austin Code Camp. We’ve posted the schedule for people to view.  We may move some around depending on how the voting goes to make sure there is adequate … Continue reading →

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Submit Your Austin Code Camp Sessions Now

Posted on April 17, 2009 by John Teague

The deadline for submitting session is April 19.  If you want to speak at this year’s code camp, better hurry up.  We have about 27 sessions submitted so far, most of them 2 hours in length.  Also remember, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Building Maintainable Web Applications Training Course

Posted on April 16, 2009 by John Teague

I am conducting a two day training workshop on Building Maintainable Web Applications.  It will be here in Austin TX June 8-9. The foundational philosophy I and my consulting company believe is that creating applications that are maintainable starts with … Continue reading →

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Resharper templates: Don’t forget the Macros

Posted on April 6, 2009 by John Teague

I use Resharper templates (among other features) on a daily basis.  Most of them create very small pieces of code that I use VERY frequently.  For instance, I have a set of templates that help me build out my test … Continue reading →

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