Entity Framework Backstory In the last year or so, I’ve been using Entity Framework in the new web-based .NET solutions for which I am the architect. I’ve had some experience with different ORMs on different technology stacks, including some roll your own ones, but I have to say that Entity Framework and its integration with…
PostSharp and Log4Net I tweeted a bit about this, and now I’m going to post about my initial experience with it. This comes from the perspective of someone new at this particular setup but familiar with the concepts in general. So, what are PostSharp and log4net? First up, log4net. This is extremely easy to understand,…
In the last post in this series, I covered the essentials of unit testing without diving into the topic in any real detail. The idea was to offer sort of a guerrilla guide to what unit testing is for those who don’t know but feel they should. Continuing on that path and generating material for…
Today, a developer on my team, relatively new to C# and some of the finer points of OO, asked me to take a look at his code. I saw this: public class Address { public string Street1; public string Street2; public string City; public string State; public string Zip; } How would you react to…
The other day, I was reviewing some code, and I saw a series of methods conforming to the following (anti) ‘pattern’ public class CustomerProcessor { public void ProcessCustomer(Customer customer) { try { if (customer.IsActive) ProcessActiveCustomer(customer); } catch (Exception ex) { throw ex; } } private void ProcessActiveCustomer(Customer customer) { try { CheckCustomerName(customer); WriteCustomerToFile(customer); } catch…
