Entity Framework 4 Firestarter: That’s a Wrap!
This post is a bit overdue, slightly out of chronological order, and will probably have me rambling a bit too much but I’ve been busy lately – so sue me […]
Domain Model
DX_SourceOutliner vNext: ‘Technical Bankruptcy’ and ‘Write One to Throw Away’
Anyone who has done any appreciative work in software engineering is familiar with one of the most challenging aspects of Software Development: the realization that software engineering isn’t fundamentally really […]
Proteus: Unit Test Utility and Domain Foundation code goes OSS!
Many viewers of one or more of my screencast series, Summer of NHibernate or Autumn of Agile, have seen me make use of several utility and base class libraries that […]
ALT.NET: Opposing Forces of Meaning
A recurring theme that keeps cropping up in various forums of discussion is the question… What is ALT.NET? Heck, I even blogged a little about it back in September of […]
Services, Anemic Domain Models, and ‘Where does my Business Logic Go?’
The other day I received some feedback on the way the Domain Model in the Autumn of Agile series is shaping up. The relevant parts of the e-mailed comments are […]
The Continuing Quest for DEATH of string-literals in my Code…
Warning: this post won’t entirely make sense unless you first read the two other posts whose links are provided in the body of this one. As mentioned in detail in […]
Autumn Of Agile: Iteration -1 Screencast is Available
After a brief hiatus to catch my breath following the conclusion of the Summer of NHibernate screencast series, I am pleased to announce that the initial installment of my next […]
T4 Templating Engine to the Rescue (sort of~!)
Its somewhat funny to me how the usual ‘knock’ against Open Source Software is the poor quality of the documentation that often accompanies it. “Why can’t we have professional quality, […]
The Four Stages of Object-Relational Mapping (a progression)
In my career I have seen many a developer embark on the journey that eventually leads them to what I would term ‘Object-Relational Mapping as it was originally intended‘. After […]
Summer of NHibernate Session 09: Effective Model-Driven Schemas is now available
The next installment of the Summer of NHibernate Screencast series is now available for general download! In this session we explore the NHibernate SchemaExport class and start to exercise its […]