Pex is a white-box test generation tool for .NET. Starting from a hand-written parameterized unit test, Pex analyzes the program-under-test to determine relevant test inputs fully automatically. To this end, Pex executes the program multiple times with different inputs while monitoring the taken execution paths. Pex uses a constraint solver …
SubSonic is A Super High-fidelity Batman Utility Belt that works up your Data Access (using Linq in 3.0), throws in some much-needed utility functions, and generally speeds along your dev cycle. There are a few ways to work with SubSonic 3.0. One of them is to tell it to get …
So managed DirectX is obsolete. The way forward is now XNA, a gaming framework that targets the XBOX360, the Zune and the PC. What’s wrong with this picture? A gaming framework – hello?! This presentation will show how XNA can be used in business applications, and why. We will discuss …
What would you say if I told you that you can stop writing data access code in .Net? Aren’t you tired of writing the same thing over and over again, opening connection, querying the database, figuring out what to return, getting back untype data that you need to start putting …
An interview with UK based startup IPrinciples who specialise in rich UI using XAML. We discuss the need for designers, the importance of Expression Design and why they favour WPF over Silverlight before talking about how useful Microsoft BizSpark is for startups. [youtube WVCmVIvqVCQ]
ALT.NET represents a community of thought leaders with a call to action of improving the status quo of how software is developed in the Microsoft developer ecosystem. ALT.NET encourages very strict adherence to agile practices such as BDD (Behavior Driven Development) and tools that map to those practices fairly closely. …
