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Mark Seemann's discontinued .NET blog.
ploeh blog Is Moving
After three years on MSDN blogs, I'll be moving my blog to https://blog.ploeh.dk. Why? Read the...
Author: ploeh Date: 02/11/2009
Faking The Windows Azure Table Service
When presented with a new technology, one of my primary evaluation criteria is its testability, so...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/24/2009
A General-Purpose Fake ADO.NET Data Service
In my previous post, I discussed how to implement a Fake ADO.NET Data Service for use with unit...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/20/2009
Creating A Fake ADO.NET Data Service
Previously, I discussed unit testing ADO.NET Data Service clients using a Fake ADO.NET Data Service,...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/19/2009
Unit Testing ADO.NET Data Service Clients
In my previous post, I discussed unit testing ADO.NET Data Services and how you can host and test...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/14/2009
Unit Testing ADO.NET Data Services
ADO.NET Data Services enables you to expose data (including, but not limited to, relational data) as...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/13/2009
Test-Driven Properties
Zero-Friction TDD post #10: In principle, defining properties (or fields, for that matter) while...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/12/2009
Use The Generate Method Stub Smart Tag To Stay In The Zone
Yet Another Zero-Friction TDD Article (YAZFTA): When writing unit tests in the TDD fashion, it's...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/05/2009
Assert Messages Are Not Optional
...and now, in this week's episode of Zero-Friction TDD: Optional Assert messages that aren't...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/17/2008
First Dynamics Mobile Post
Yesterday, I posted my first post over on the Microsoft Dynamics Mobile Team blog. More are likely...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/12/2008
Why Use AreEqual?
This is a post in my Zero-Friction TDD series. One of my colleagues recently asked my why I prefer...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/11/2008
3 Is Many
This is an installment in my Zero-Friction TDD series. When I was a kid, my parents taught me that...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/08/2008
Creating Azure Tables From Script
When working with the Windows Azure Storage service, you must create the tables before you can use...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/04/2008
testmethod Code Snippet
This is an installment in my Zero-Friction TDD series. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/01/2008
Ignore Irrelevant Return Values
This is an installment in my Zero-Friction TDD series. Sometimes, you don't care about the return...
Author: ploeh Date: 11/21/2008
Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 1.5 Released
If you are wondering about what I'm doing these days, we (the Microsoft Dynamics Mobile Team) just...
Author: ploeh Date: 11/17/2008
Anonymous Variables
This post is an installment in my series on Zero-Friction TDD. Often when writing a unit test, the...
Author: ploeh Date: 11/17/2008
Naming Direct Output Variables
In my series of Zero-Friction TDD tips and tricks, it's time to look at naming Direct Output...
Author: ploeh Date: 11/14/2008
Zero-Friction TDD
Writing good code is difficult. Unit tests are written as code, so a corollary to the first sentence...
Author: ploeh Date: 11/13/2008
Assert.Throws
xUnit.net provides the Assert.Throws method for testing exceptions, instead of the ExpectedException...
Author: ploeh Date: 11/12/2008
At PDC
I'm currently at PDC in Los Angeles, so if you are here as well, take a moment to say hello if you...
Author: ploeh Date: 10/28/2008
UAC Privileges Flow Across WCF Boundaries
Today, I just spent an entire afternoon troubleshooting a problem in one of my WCF services. When...
Author: ploeh Date: 10/24/2008
Naming SUT Test Variables
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may have noticed that for the last couple of months,...
Author: ploeh Date: 10/06/2008
Testing Against the Real Event Log
Lots of applications write to the Windows Event Log. When TDD'ing, event logging is part of an...
Author: ploeh Date: 10/03/2008
SqlExpressDatabaseInstaller
When unit testing data access components, I prefer to test against run-time components that match...
Author: ploeh Date: 09/17/2008
N-Tier Synchronization With The Sync Framework And WCF ChannelFactory (Part 1)
Sync Services for ADO.NET 2.0 allows a proper n-tier architecture where you can synchronize a client...
Author: ploeh Date: 08/26/2008
An Overview of Unit Testing Duplex WCF Services and Clients
In the last couple of posts, I've demonstrated how to isolate implementation from WCF contract...
Author: ploeh Date: 07/12/2008
Unit Testing Duplex WCF Clients
In my previous post, I explained how to unit test a WCF service with callbacks. Since the scenario...
Author: ploeh Date: 07/08/2008
Unit Testing Duplex WCF Services
One of my readers recently asked me about unit testing WCF services when they have callbacks. Given...
Author: ploeh Date: 06/28/2008
Modifying Behavior of WCF-Free Service Implementations
In my previous post, I explained how to implement a WCF service without referencing WCF. In simple...
Author: ploeh Date: 06/27/2008
Implementing WCF Services Without Referencing WCF
More than a year ago, I wrote my first post on unit testing WCF services. One of my points back then...
Author: ploeh Date: 06/26/2008
Speaking in ANUG
Aarhus .NET User Group has been so kind to invite me to come and give a session on June 25th, 2008,...
Author: ploeh Date: 06/12/2008
Test-Specific APIs With Extension Methods
Writing maintainable tests that clearly communicate intent can sometimes be a challenging...
Author: ploeh Date: 06/02/2008
Declarative Use of Custom SecurityTokenParameters
It's not the first time I've stated this, but one of the reasons I love WCF is that it's so...
Author: ploeh Date: 05/01/2008
Unit Testing Anti-Pattern #2: Not Covering Bugs In Your Tests With Tests
Roy just posted a unit testing anti-pattern based on his personal experience. I'd like to follow up...
Author: ploeh Date: 05/01/2008
Vote For Better TDD Support in Visual Studio 2008
Eric Jorgensen has created a Microsoft Connect item asking for better TDD support in Visual Studio...
Author: ploeh Date: 04/18/2008
Automatically Generating LINQ To SQL Models From T-SQL
With LINQ to SQL, a couple of questions quickly arise: Since you can create a data model directly in...
Author: ploeh Date: 04/10/2008
Visual Studio 2008 PowerShell
Ever since I first saw a demo of PowerShell some five years ago, I've been wanting to use it for...
Author: ploeh Date: 04/09/2008
Leapling
Something's been bugging me for all of March. Okay, so maybe not all the time, but it keeps coming...
Author: ploeh Date: 03/25/2008
Provider Injection With Funcs
Some of the new stuff in .NET 3.5 makes it much easier to implement Provider Injection. If you take...
Author: ploeh Date: 03/25/2008
CertificateInstaller
In what is increasingly beginning to look like a series of posts on using Installers for fixture...
Author: ploeh Date: 03/15/2008
Typemock
Roy recently posted his thoughts on Typemock - whether it's too powerful and will kill TDD. His...
Author: ploeh Date: 03/04/2008
New Job
When I start working April 1 after my parental leave, I'm not going back to my old job as a...
Author: ploeh Date: 02/29/2008
Page.User Population From Custom Authenticators For ASP.NET
One of my readers have asked me how to create a custom authenticator for ASP.NET and populate...
Author: ploeh Date: 02/10/2008
Data Access Component Testing Redux
About a year ago, I wrote about data access component testing using a custom helper class for...
Author: ploeh Date: 01/31/2008
SqlScriptListInstaller
The last of a series of SQL Server-related database Installers is a little helper that simply makes...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/11/2007
SqlScriptInstaller
In my previous post I described a general-purpose Installer that can be used to create a SQL Server...
Author: ploeh Date: 12/01/2007
SqlDatabaseInstaller
Installers provide a consistent way of implementing automated setup logic for an application, and as...
Author: ploeh Date: 11/29/2007