Monthly Archives: January 2007

Humanized Computing

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  For a long time now I have been looking for a spelling package that I could use from any program, even Visual Studio, I have a plugin for Code Rush this does a good job of checking strings, but really … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista Launch Tomorrow

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  We have had one of those days at work, so its nice to think that tomorrow there is something to look forward to, even though I have been using Vista since before Christmas on various computers, and now use … Continue reading →

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Install Problems with vista

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Well that’s not really the truth, its more that vista can be a bit fussy about how an install program works, by now a lot of people have written about the UAC stuff, some older (and newer) install programs … Continue reading →

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Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 10

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Oh heck here I am, all the background is developed, now comes for me the difficult bit.  the user interface, I really want to develop this in WPF, just because its new and I am working on a vista … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The book of the dead

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  As with most books I have read, I actually listened to this via Audible, so I will be supplying both links. I should first say that apparently this is the third book in a trilogy, and I haven’t read … Continue reading →

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Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 9

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  First we need to set the update from within the engine [Test] public void Update() { _Engine.AddTransaction(10.10, "test category", "test description", DateTime.Now); Assert.IsTrue(_Engine.Update()); } public bool Update() { bool transFailed = false; foreach (MoneyTransaction moneyTransaction in _History) { if … Continue reading →

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Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 8

Posted on January 21, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  so I now have an add and update, the delete will follow the same format, I have currently stored the connection string in a constant, but I suppose it can eventually be stored in an application setting. so for … Continue reading →

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Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 7

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  The data layer I have thought and done some coding without tests, and have decided that I am going to put the code in a separate class, this will make it easier to refractor, and may be then I … Continue reading →

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Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 6

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Duncan Butler

The data access layer:  We are going to be loading and saving transactions, so we are going to be testing adding and deleting transactions individually, each transaction should know how to add or delete itself, and also know what its … Continue reading →

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Ruby in Visual Studio

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Now what I know about ruby you can put on the back of a postage stamp, but I am a bit of a language hound, and like to learn new stuff. I have been looking a ruby for a … Continue reading →

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