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Simple Async HTTP Module for Appcelerator

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sean Biefeld

Hello techies, I have been using Appcelerator recently. It is a pretty cool tool, it allows you to create cross platform mobile applications for iOS and Android, writing JavaScript. Appcelerator’s Titanium Framework uses the CommonJS API so you can reference … Continue reading →

Posted in Appcelerator, Javascript | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Simple XML to JSON with PHP

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Sean Biefeld

Hello all, it’s been a while since I have blogged anything, been extremely busy with personal events in my life. So to get back into the swing of things I am going to KISS this post. I recently needed to … Continue reading →

Posted in JSON, PHP, Web Service, XML | 16 Comments

Serving Images from an Image Controller

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Sean Biefeld

Found this solution rather simple when you want to serve images from your database. public class ImageController { readonly IImageQueries Queries; public ImageController(IImageQueries queries) { Queries = queries; } public FileResult Show(int id) { DateTime? dateCreated = Queries.GetDateCreatedById(id); //invalid image, … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, ASP.NET MVC, C# | Leave a comment

Dynamic View Page, MVC without a View Model

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Sean Biefeld

Hello fellow techies on this roller coaster called life. It has been a while since my last post, I have been focusing on some other more important aspects of my life. What I want to talk about in this post … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, ASP.NET MVC, C#, DTO, dynamic, model, MVC, View | 5 Comments

Step by Step to Using MSpec (Machine.Specifications) with ReSharper

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Sean Biefeld

Whilst researching using MSpec with ReSharper I found it difficult to find all the resources I needed in one place. This is an attempt to condense everything into that one place and facilitate those seeking to accomplish the same task. … Continue reading →

Posted in BDD, Behavior Driven Design, Git, MSpec, ReSharper, Specifications, Unit Test | 13 Comments

Configuring Fluent NHibernate with an External NHibernate Config File

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Sean Biefeld

A while ago I was having issues using configuring fluent NHibernate with an external configuration file. I kept running into the issue of mappings not being registered. I was finally able to get it working appropriately and thought I would … Continue reading →

Posted in configuration, Fluent NHibernate, infrastructure, Nhibernate | 4 Comments

Testing with a Compiled Class that Doesn’t Implement an Interface – Adapter Pattern

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Sean Biefeld

*UPDATE: Per sean chambers, this is an example of the adapter pattern I recently ran into an issue where I needed to implement a simple email service to send users a randomly generated PIN when they are first entered into the system. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adapter Patter, C#, Compiled Class, Implement Interface, Specification, Unit Test | 2 Comments

Updated MonoChrome Firefox theme

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Sean Biefeld

Hey just wanted to let everyone know that I updated my Firefox theme, MonoChrome, for version 3.5b4pre.You can grab it from the link below: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8791 Screen shot: If you would like to contribute or grab the source, it is hosted … Continue reading →

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My Visual Studio Twilight theme

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Sean Biefeld

I just finalized my text color theme for visual studio. Just thought I would share it with everyone. It is geared towards those of you who have resharper installed, but it should still work fine without it. The theme is … Continue reading →

Posted in Color Scheme, Visual Studio | 33 Comments

Developing at the Speed of Microsoft

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Sean Biefeld

As .net developers do you ever feel like Microsoft is hindering your development by the development tools they impose on us. I have been thinking about this lately and decide to discuss it, or this might actually be a rant, … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, HTML, Javascript, Microsoft, RESTful web service | 35 Comments