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xVal v1.0 Now Available

Sep 17, 2009

image xVal version 1.0 is released at last! In case you’re not aware, xVal is a validation helper for ASP.NET MVC that lets you use your own choice of server-side validation framework (e.g., Microsoft’s DataAnnotations attributes, or Castle Validator, or NHibernate Validaion) and dynamically generates client-side validation code from your rules. Read More

Review: Three Technical Podcasts I Subscribe To

Sep 6, 2009

If you’re the sort of developer who still thinks about software when you’re not at work, you might enjoy listening to one or more of the following podcasts. They’re all free and are a great way to fill your head with new ideas or distract you from a boring chore. Read More

Simplify Iteration in Your MVC Views

Aug 31, 2009

*This is just a simple little tip, but it may come in handy if you frequently iterate over collections in your ASP.NET MVC views. * Read More

Writing Great Unit Tests: Best and Worst Practices

Aug 24, 2009

This blog post is aimed at developers with at least a small amount of unit testing experience. If you’ve never written a unit test, please read an introduction and have a go at it first. Read More

DDD South West: The Video

Jul 10, 2009

Back at the end of May, we held the first ever Developer Developer Developer! South West event in Taunton, UK. This was a free one-day conference for .NET developers, and by all accounts was a great success: sun, cream teas, cornish pasties, about 170 attendees, and four seminar tracks packed with technical content. Read More

Integration Testing Your ASP.NET MVC Application

Jun 11, 2009

Let’s start with a quick recap: Read More