C#
Simulating SQL Server (Part 2)
If you haven’t read it already, why not start with Simulating SQL Server (Part 1)? Last time we looked at creating a RecordSetDefinition as a collection of ColumnDefinition s. Once we had a way of defining what a recordset looks like, we then were able to create an ObjectRecord . The next step is to collect those […]
Assembly versioning
Ever since the release of .NET 1.1, there has existed an AssemblyVersionAttribute. This attribute determines the version number boiled into all .NET assemblies that is (supposed to) indicate something about when the assembly was built. Whenever you create a new C# project in Visual Studio, it helpfully creates an “AssemblyInfo.cs” file (found in the project’s […]
Simulating SQL Server (Part 1)
In my last post, I talked about creating random values for all kinds of interesting types. One of the biggest complaints I get when encouraging developers to implement unit tests (or dare I say even start thinking about TDD as a development methodology) is that testing code that accesses databases is a huge pain. For […]
Generating Randomness
My new year’s resolution for this year was to not only start blogging more frequently but also to Open Source some of our core libraries that I’ve worked on over the years. In preparation for that though it’s important I cover some of the basics and explain the reasoning behind some of the code we’ll […]
Statics and Generics
So statics are generally considered evil, the enemy of TDD and IOC, and at odds with the purity of OO design. Shame they’re so incredibly fast! Whilst we’re talking about the TDD issue, I recommend you stop for a moment and go and take a look at the Fakes Framework added to VS11. Fakes is […]