Archive For August, 2010
On popular demand, part 2 with a sample project can be found here. A little while ago I found myself in a situation where I had to replace Microsoft’s Entity Framework with NHibernate. I had figured this wouldn’t be too much of a problem! I had neatly used a Unit of Work and Repository implementation [...]
I needed a way to share custom UserControls between different projects. There are a lot of articles about this already on the web, but it did take me a little while to pick a suitable approach and work it out. I eventually settled for creating a VirtualPathProvider and embedding my UserControls in the assembly of [...]
A few weeks ago, we came to the conclusion that there are a few vital issues with Microsoft’s latest Entity Framework. I had already discovered the limitations of the designer when working with large models. To my surprise this has been a known issue for a very long time, but there no improvements have been [...]
At least that’s what my colleague called it when he learned of the fact that I had bought myself a Nespresso machine. Yes, indeed. I guess I should be thankful it makes coffee and doesn’t duplicate George Clooney. Ever since returning from my holiday in England, I’ve been wanting to invest into a coffee machine. [...]