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• Architecting LINQ To SQL Applications, part 7

  Previously: Architecting LINQ To SQL Applications, part 6 The topic of managing entity lifetimes is an important one as many of the issues that people have when using an ORM for the first time relate to a lack of understanding of how an ORM manages objects... Posted Mar 09 2008, 07:55 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: Featured, LINQ

• Architecting LINQ To SQL Applications, part 5

  Let's return to the series on how to architect applications that use LINQ To SQL. First of all, for those you who missed it, a summary of where we have been: Part 1, Introduction Part 2, Layered Architectures Part 3, DAOs and Repositories Part 4,... Posted Feb 17 2008, 05:35 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: Stubs, TDD, Featured, LINQ, Mocks

• Classicist vs. Mockist Test-Driven Development

  One thing that came up in a couple of sessions of Altnetconf UK was the old saw of classicist vs. mockist approaches to TDD. Martin Fowler has a great, and updated, article on the distinction between the two approaches here . Now I have to confess to... Posted Feb 04 2008, 01:23 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: altnetconf, AltNetUK, Fakes, Featured, Mocks, Stubs, TDD

• C# Futures, Diminishing Returns, and the Scala Parachute

  A while ago Jeremy Miller posted about C# futures . In response to his own thoughts on what might be required, including mixins for example, he suggested that c# may be approaching the same point, that further changes post C# 3.0 might push it over the... Posted Jan 07 2008, 06:07 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: Featured

• Architects: Back to the future?

  What does it mean to be an Architect? Last year I attended Microsoft's Architect Insight Conference here in the UK. One interesting aspect to the conference was asking the community to try and define what an architect was. It proved impossible. Indeed... Posted Jan 02 2008, 01:03 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Featured

• Architecting LINQ to SQL applications, part 4

  Dynamic Queries One question that arises from time to time is: how do I do dynamic queries in LINQ. The problem usually stems from allowing the users to generate search criteria, perhaps through a filter for a list for example. Because we cannot predict... Posted Dec 04 2007, 11:33 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: Featured, LINQ

• Architecting LINQ to SQL applications, part 2

  What is LINQ? LINQ stands for Language Integrated Query and is a DSL within C# for querying data. It is implemented by language extensions to C# 3.0. It allows us to concisely express queries against our collections of data. LINQ comes in a variety of... Posted Nov 30 2007, 11:06 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Featured, LINQ

• Which practices to implement first?

  Over on the altnetconf list the question arose as to where you start when implementing agile within an organization. The first thing to bear in mind is that you probably want to avoid implementing all the practices, at the same time. This is likely to... Posted Nov 19 2007, 12:43 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Featured, SCRUM, TDD, XP