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Deserializing to Dynamic with RestSharp
You can use JSON.NET to convert any RestSharp service response to a list of dynamic instances; you just need a bit of plumbing code to do it. Continue reading
Writing Automated Performance Tests
I found a memory leak in my application, and wrote an automated test using GC.GetTotalMemory to tell if objects were leaking or not. They were (20MB of them in 100k instances). Continue reading
Posted in Core .NET, Silverlight, Wndows Forms, WPF
Tagged automated testing, memory leaks
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Using Enumerations as Bit Flags
You can use enumerations as bit flags. The FlagsAttribute is optional; more importantly, you need to assign powers of 2^n to the enum’s values. Depending on the .NET version, checking can be easy (.HasFlag) or hard (bitwise AND operation) Continue reading
Posted in Core .NET, Silverlight, Web, Wndows Forms, WPF
Tagged bitwise operators, enumerations
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Storing a String List in App.Config or Web.Config
How can you store a list of strings (or ints, say) into a single appSetting key/value pair? Surprisingly, it’s as easy as using a delimited list (like comma-delimited or semicolon-delimited) and splitting it at runtime. Continue reading
Posted in Core .NET, Silverlight, Web, Wndows Forms, WPF
Tagged app.config, web.config
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Updated Version of Random Number Generators
After several months, I’ve finally updated the normally-distributed random number generator to tolerate negative numbers in its range. Thanks to everybody who complained to get this feature done! Continue reading
Visual Studio Automatic Version Numbering
Visual Studio (2010+) allows you to specify that it should generate (incremental) build versions for your projects. The syntax is quite simple (for AssemblyInfo.cs), but there are a few caveats to know. Continue reading
Posted in Silverlight, Tools, Web, Wndows Forms, WPF
Tagged assembly versions, visual studio, visual studio 2010
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Integrating NUnit with CruiseControl.NET
Interested in using CruiseControl.NET to execute NUnit tasks and integrate the results in the dashboard, without using the nunit task type? You can do it through exec, if you merge the results. This article outlines how. Continue reading
Using NInject For Compile-Time AOP
An update to my aspect-oriented design pattern for compile-time checking: you can implement aspects as interfaces with singular implementations, and use Ninject to inject the interface implementations. Smooth, easy, and it works! Continue reading
Posted in Core .NET, Silverlight, Web, Wndows Forms, WPF
Tagged aspect-oriented programming, dependency injection, design patterns
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Sending Multiple Updates Through the Updater Block
Adding multiple updates to an updater block manifest is actually quite easy. Simply package every update into its own manifest XML file, reference the manifests from the main/index manifest, and update the ID of the main/index manifest so that clients can tell that changes occurred. That’s it! Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Silverlight, Web, Wndows Forms
Tagged enterprise library, updater block
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An Overview of the Updater Application Block
The Updater Application Block from Microsoft’s Enterprise Library is not immediately obvious in design. How does it work? We go through the basics. It’s a client-server architecture, which exposes an XML file containing a list of updates — what to download, and what to execute when that’s done. It uses BITS for passive transferring. Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Silverlight, Web, Wndows Forms
Tagged enterprise library, updater block
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