Fluent Validation with MEF and PRISM
Validation is a topic that comes up quite frequently. One concern is how to honor DRY (don’t repeat yourself) principles and create a framework that is reusable across layers. There […]
Simplifying Silverlight Web Service Calls with Reactive Extensions (Rx)
I’ve been working with the Reactive Extensions (Rx) library quite a bit lately and am very impressed. While it is a new way of thinking about services, it certainly makes […]
Unit Testing XAML Data-Bindings in Silverlight
In an interview earlier this year with MSDN geekSpeak, I discussed unit testing for Silverlight and some of the frameworks that are available. One audience member raised a very important […]
Using Reactive Extensions (Rx) to Simplify Asynchronous Tests
Reactive Extensions (Rx) is a product from Microsoft Research that simplifies the management and composition of asynchronous events. If you read my earlier post on Asynchronous Workflows, you’ll understand why […]
Silverlight UI Automation Testing using Prism 4.0
One popular gripe about Silverlight has been the lack of integrated testing tools. There are several types of tests you may perform against a software project. Unit tests can be […]
Using Hints for Generic MEF Exports
It is very common to have base classes and interfaces that use generic types to define standard behaviors across business applications. One challenge with the Managed Extensibility Framework is that […]
Performance Profiling Silverlight 4 Step-by-Step
It turns out you can profile Silverlight 4 applications. Really! But the steps are scattered about the web in bits and pieces, so I wrote this to pull them all […]
A Cool WinDBG/SOS Hidden Feature
Every once in a while you run across an undocumented trick that totally and completely makes your day. A great example of that is the ability to debug MSBuild scripts […]
Paraffin 3.13 and an Ask for Help
Before I get into the quick new features for Paraffin 3.13 (download here), I need to ask for your help. Pretty much from the first day I released Paraffin, I’ve […]