Lessons Learned Performing Harry Potter Book Kata
Last week at CodeMash I went through the Harry Potter Book Kata
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
How do I Change Where MSMQ Messages are Stored or Persisted?
If you are using MSMQ, either directly or with the help of a package like NServiceBus, you may encounter errors if your server becomes overloaded with messages either due to high load or as a result of a failure in your …
Introducing Command Query Responsibility Separation (CQRS)
The Command Query Responsibility Separation (CQRS) pattern is an enterprise pattern that can be used to increase the performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed applications that may experience heavy load. …
Unit Test Naming Convention
I've been writing tests and unit tests for quite a while, and naturally my personal preference for naming them has evolved somewhat with time.
Type was not registered in the serializer exception with NServiceBus
If you encounter this error in your ASP.NET application after updating it while using NServiceBus:
Attempt was made to load an assembly from a network location
If you see this bug while running an application that is
Presentation Zen
I picked up Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds earlier this year, and finally managed to finish it. It comes highly recommended by many excellent presenters, and there are quite a number of positive reviews of it on …
Abstract to Privileges rather than to Roles in ASP.NET Applications
It's very common to check whether the current requesting user is in a particular role in order to determine whether they are authorized to do or see something within an ASP.NET application. This approach can break down …
Get the Batch Files Path in a Batch File
I needed to refer to the current path of the batch file within the batch file itself. Here's how.