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On .NET Rocks! Talking about Sharp Architecture, Templify and StyleCop

On .NET Rocks! Talking about Sharp Architecture, Templify and StyleCop

Howard van Rooijen

Long time listener, first time guest. I was invited to speak on the .NET Rocks! Podcast, to talk about Sharp Architecture and various other Open Source projects I've been involved with.
Quiet day on Monday

Quiet day on Monday

Matthew Adams

Volunteering as a chef for the Kai We Care pop-up restaurant for the Red Cross earthquake fund for Christchurch, New Zealand.

StyleCop and StyleCop for ReSharper have merged

Howard van Rooijen

We've decided to combine the StyleCop and StyleCop for ReSharper code bases to make long term maintenance easier.
On Apprenticeships

On Apprenticeships

Howard van Rooijen

You don't have to have a Computer Science Degree in order to be a software engineer or work in the tech industry. In this post I talk about my career journey, from Psychology Grad, to Software Engineer, to Business Owner.
Where do my Visual States come from in Blend?

Where do my Visual States come from in Blend?

Matthew Adams

How does Expression Blend managed to find the Visual States exposed by the standard controls? How could you do the same with your own code?

Endjin–Looking back on 2010

Matthew Adams

Work Smarter with Convention Over Configuration and the Endjin Composition Framework

Work Smarter with Convention Over Configuration and the Endjin Composition Framework

Howard van Rooijen

We've added convention over configuration features to our Dependency Injection library - the endjin composition framework, to help improve your productivity.
Component Discovery and Composition II - Abstracting the container implementation

Component Discovery and Composition II - Abstracting the container implementation

Matthew Adams

A Step by Step Guide to MongoDB for .NET Developers

Howard van Rooijen

MongoDB has been taken a large amount of mindshare in the NoSQL space. In this blog post we share a simple step-by-step guide on how to get started as a .NET developer.
A Step by Step Guide to Hosting YouTrack in IIS 7

A Step by Step Guide to Hosting YouTrack in IIS 7

Howard van Rooijen

Step-by-step guide on setting up YouTrack and using IIS as a reverse proxy for custom domain access.
A Step by Step Guide to Hosting TeamCity in IIS 7

A Step by Step Guide to Hosting TeamCity in IIS 7

Howard van Rooijen

Step-by-step guide on setting up TeamCity and using IIS as a reverse proxy for custom domain access.
Layering your API

Layering your API

Matthew Adams

Layering your APIs can increase readability and discoverability
RX and INotifyPropertyChanged

RX and INotifyPropertyChanged

Matthew Adams

In this post we evolve an implementation of Rx over INotifyPropertyChanged.
Silverlight CommandManager

Silverlight CommandManager

Matthew Adams

A deep dive into command binding in Silverlight.
Component discovery and composition Part 1f: Fundamentals – Generalizing Registration

Component discovery and composition Part 1f: Fundamentals – Generalizing Registration

Matthew Adams

A follow up to "A Short Tale of a Deceptively Slow LINQ Expression"

A follow up to "A Short Tale of a Deceptively Slow LINQ Expression"

Howard van Rooijen

My last post caused a number of responses from the community. I discuss them here and provide a little bit more context.
A Short Tale of a Deceptively Slow LINQ Expression

A Short Tale of a Deceptively Slow LINQ Expression

Howard van Rooijen

In this post I delve into some performance analysis of an expensive loop that was taking over 200 seconds to run.
Component discovery and composition Part 1e: Fundamentals – Componentizing Registration

Component discovery and composition Part 1e: Fundamentals – Componentizing Registration

Matthew Adams

Component discovery and composition Part 1d: Fundamentals – Introducing Conventions

Component discovery and composition Part 1d: Fundamentals – Introducing Conventions

Matthew Adams

Component discovery and composition Part 1c: Fundamentals – Castle.Windsor

Component discovery and composition Part 1c: Fundamentals – Castle.Windsor

Matthew Adams

Introducing Templify

Introducing Templify

Howard van Rooijen

Templify is a simple tool for tokenising and packaging entire code based solutions. It's designed to unfurl demos / quickstarts / solution templates.
Component discovery and composition Part 1b: Fundamentals - MEF

Component discovery and composition Part 1b: Fundamentals - MEF

Matthew Adams

Component discovery and composition Part 1: Fundamentals

Component discovery and composition Part 1: Fundamentals

Matthew Adams

Work Smarter, Not Harder

Work Smarter, Not Harder

Howard van Rooijen

Feedback loops are an incredibly powerful force. In order adopt a continuous improvement mindset, you need to set up positive feedback loops. Here's how I've internalised the 'Work Smarter, Not Harder' mantra.