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Now we can see the new package source on our machines, and download all kinds of fun things from it. But how do we give other servers (e.g. a build server) knowledge of this new package source? NuGet already thought of this (thank you kindly). Check out the NuGet.targets file (once you’ve enabled Package Restore on the … More Using additional NuGet Package Sources on a Build Server
Setting Up Your NuGet Package Source Assuming this is for internal use only, your best bet is likely going to be creating an internal nuget server or creating a network share (the network share is considerably slower than the nuget server) to house all of your NuGet packages. If this is meant to be externally accessible, then you … More Setting Up Your NuGet Package Source
After about 3 hours of frustrating debugging, I came across a quirk/bug when using: MVC .NET 2.0 / 3.5 Model binding a collection Imagine you have a collection of, say User objects. And you would like to bind that collection to your view, but you only want to display some of the users. For example, only admin users. Your … More Model binding a collection with MVC and .NET 2.0
Improving unit testing, and use some sleek OOP too. Let’s say that we want to test a call to a basic stored procedure, where @ClientID is required. EXEC MYDB.MYSCHEMA.GetClients @ClientID = 10001 Now we want to test the database call in a unit test. If we don’t pass in @ClientID, we should expect a SqlException, … More Unit Testing: Using Extension Methods for better Exception Catching
Bookmark your site in style. Website icons (primarily known as “favicons”) are a great way to show off your logo and give your website a little something to help it stand out. The favicon shows up in three places: In the browser’s tab, when the website is open (in most browsers, this appears to the … More How to Create a Website Icon
I am in love Visual Studio. Me and Microsoft have a secret relationship where I can secretly be in love with Visual Studio, all things .NET, and SQL Server, while publicly trashing their horrible inventions like Windows Mobile phones and Windows Vista. To me, the #region directive is a horrible nuisance and an annoying invention. … More Why I Dislike the #region Directive
You can use ToString on any indexed value in a DataRow, and it will return null if the field is DBNull: string myNullableField = row[“MyField”].ToString(); However, if you try to cast that same field as a string, you’ll get an exception: string myNullableField = (string)row[“MyField”]; //InvalidCastException! But, the good thing about the InvalidCastException being thrown, … More DBNull – Using ToString() vs. Casting
I would rather destroy the box than think inside it. Rob Wilson is an OOP software developer and engineer based in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He specializes in web design and .NET/C# web development with SQL Server. He works for a medical practice management / business intelligence software company in Atlanta as a software developer. … More About the Author
Tired of all of those crazy-long namespaces all over your view? Add the using statement to your view if you are using the Razor engine: @using My.Namespace.Path @{ ViewBag.Title = “My Page”; … } <html goes here> … </html> OR Add the import statement If you are using the ASP.NET (C#) engine: <%@ Import Namespace=”My.Namespace.Path” %> <html goes here> … More How to include / import a namespace in an MVC View
Basically, we are going to add a command line argument to the tool that Visual Studio uses to compare files. The tool is called diffmerge.exe, and we are going to add the /ignorespace argument when this is ran. Open Visual Studio. Navigate to Tools –> Options. Browse to Source Control on the left and click … More How to Ignore Whitespace in Visual Studio with Team Foundation Server
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