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VB-stereotype: Are there programmers who fit any more?

VB-stereotype: Are there programmers who fit any more?

I saw recently the talk “Comparing Java Web Framworks” on Parleys.com and when the speaker talks about JSF, he used the word “VB”. I was a little bit surprised, that also in the java world the VB-stereotype is known. But what about is this VB-stereotype? Are there programmers who fit any more this stereotype? Commonly the stereotype is used for people who don’t know a lot about software developing or engineering and produce really bad code. Whe I use this…

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How to structure code in an unit test

How to structure code in an unit test

When you create your unit tests for a method in the SUT (software under test) you will ask yourself how to structure the code in the test method.I saw two kind of syntaxes which help to structure the code in a unit test method (well, actually there are at least three, but the third syntax is just chaos, so this is definitely not the way how to do it). SEVT-Syntax [code language=”csharp”] [TestFixture] public class ThingTest { [Test] public void…

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My ASP.NET MVC presentation at work

My ASP.NET MVC presentation at work

Yesterday I gave my ASP.NET MVC presentation at an internal techtalk event (which I organized). At this event two colleges presented also jQuery and PowerShell, which were very interesting presentations. You could download my presentation (in german) with the sample application (the idea of a contactmanager is from the official mvc page). Presentation: ASP.NET MVC presentation Sample application: Contactmanager

Techdays 2009 in Bern

Techdays 2009 in Bern

I was last week at the Techdays 2009 in Bern. As expected there weren’t a lot of new or interesting things. The most interesting topics were Azure (Cloud computing) and the next VisualStudio 2010. I visited following sessions: ADO.NET Data Services – Creating RESTful Services Overview Visual Studio 10 and .NET 4.0 RAD for Business Application with the new Silverlight 3 and .NET RIA Services What brings C# 4.0? Deep Dive Entity Framework ASP.NET MVC Testing practices whit Visual Studio…

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ASP.NET MVC arrived

ASP.NET MVC arrived

As you alreay read or heard Microsoft released the ASP.Net MVC 1.0. From my perspective it is a step in the right direction. MVC is not just a pattern, it is about software quality and professional software development: In my eyes a professional software developer is concerned that there exists a seperation of concern in his program code and he wants to deliver the best possible software to the customer what he can create. Both concerns are reachable with the…

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