Emad Ibrahim - Latest Comments

Re: Shortening URLs with bit.ly’s API in .NET

Chris Deweese — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:43:48 -0000

Great post, thanks for sharing this class. I had to make one Tweak to use this in a non-web app in VS 2010 Beta 2. HttpUtlity is in System.Web and it looks like there is no way to reference System.Web in VS 2010 Beta 2 from a console application.

I changed the call to HttpUtility to use System.Uri.EscapeDataString and it worked like a charm.

Good stuff!

Re: Unit Test Private Methods in Visual Studio

eibrahim — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:24:48 -0000

That's a pretty good idea except for the fact that it "pollutes" the
code.

Re: Unit Test Private Methods in Visual Studio

Doug de la Torre — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:23:43 -0000

The downside to using PrivateObject is that it is a bit painful to maintain, since signature changes are not caught at compile-time, but instead caught at test-time. Refactorings that change method signatures tend to catch all the compile-time stuff, but then leave test code broken, and it is tougher to fix.

An alternative that I've always liked is to use inner-classes to test your code, like this:

public class Foo
{
private void Bar()
{
// Do so work here in a private method
}

#region Unit Tests
#if UNIT_TESTS
[TestFixture] public class TestFoo
{
[Test] public void TestBar()
{
Foo foo = new Foo()
foo.Bar(); // inner class can call this method
}
}
#endif
#end region
}

You simply define UNIT_TESTS in Debug/Release builds if you want test code enabled, and leave it out from your Ship builds.

Also, you'll probably have a using statement wrapper,

#if UNIT_TESTS
using MbUnit.Framework;
#endif

As an added check, you can write a simple app that does reflection on all the types in the DLL to verify your ship build doesn't have any classes with test attributes. If no code references the test framework, your ship builds will automatically not load the referenced test framework DLLs, thus allowing you to ship your product like usual without pulling in test DLL dependencies (and associated bloat and licensing issues).

Re: Ruby on Rails Crumbs - Part 1

apatania — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:49:05 -0000

Form Edit you need to add :method=>'get' like this:
<%=button_to('Editar',{:action => 'edit'},{:onclick => "this.form.target = 'Editar Socio'; window.open('','Editar Socio', 'height = 575, width = 300, top = 20, left = 100, scrollbars = 0, toolbar = 0, status = 0, menubar = 0, location = 0')",:method=> 'get'}) %>

Re: Startup – ASP.NET MVC, Cloud Scale & Deployment

eibrahim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:28:53 -0000

The website is using joomla but the yonkly application itself is built
with asp.net mvc.

Re: Startup – ASP.NET MVC, Cloud Scale & Deployment

Scott — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:17:22 -0000

Why does yonkly have the meta generation by joomla tag at the top of the page and several php file references? Just wondering where asp.net mvc is being used in your app.

Re: Dynamically Build LINQ Queries Using Reflection

eibrahim — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:20:26 -0000

Honestly, it has been so long since I posted this and I can't remember but
if you do find, please come back and let us know. It will help future
readers.
Thanks.

Re: The Best JavaScript Library | Emad Ibrahim

Jeff — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:58:00 -0000

jquery, dojo, and prototype also have free hosting of the javascript libraries through a cdn (content delivery network for faster speed).

Re: Dynamically Build LINQ Queries Using Reflection

kashifpervaiz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:19:16 -0000

Nice article. Quick question: if i want to pass the results of the query which is in data access layer to business then to UI, what would be the return type?

Re: Yonkly - Open Source Twitter

Got a big Idea — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:35:50 -0000

nice work man! i just wish it was in php : (

thanks for sharing

Re: ASP.NET MVC & TDD Free Book Chapter

Matt Klinker — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:09:45 -0000

Just picked this up last night and got through the first few chapters. Looks like a great read, moves pretty fast, which is a good thing to me. I'm not sure I'd recommend to anyone looking to get into TDD for the first time, but maybe once I get further into it.

Just what I was waiting for though, just decided to get back to TDD and starting on asp.net mvc!

Re: ASP.NET MVC & TDD Free Book Chapter

eibrahim — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:10:32 -0000

Thanks

Re: ASP.NET MVC & TDD Free Book Chapter

Mac Alnakari — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:46:04 -0000

Congrats Emad! Just pre-ordered my copy and look forward to reading it. Keep up the good work.

Re: The Best JavaScript Library | Emad Ibrahim

rkssaravanan12 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:09:00 -0000

hi ,

My point of view JQUERY is the best javascript library for the dynamic website. The jquery has syntax ,easy to learn and good manual.

Re: Startup – ASP.NET MVC, Cloud Scale & Deployment

geochatz — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:05:20 -0000

Thanks for the article. It is great.

Re: Startup – ASP.NET MVC, Cloud Scale & Deployment

eibrahim — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:35:15 -0000

Great question. I don't have a lot of experience with db redundancy but I
do like the idea of setting up a virtual db server and cluster it with the
real server. That would be a nice safety measure.
My understanding is that SQL Server clustering is super easy to setup but
that's based of Microsoft presentations, marketing materials and demos :)

I didn't talk about my backup strategy. My database is backed up everyday
remotely to AWS S3 storage. My source code is also backed up to AWS and is
also in source control.

Re: Startup – ASP.NET MVC, Cloud Scale & Deployment

ber — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:50:44 -0000

Is the next step the redundancy of the DB server (maybe a virtual instance only in case of) ?
Do you have any experience on that part (DB redundancy) on the windows platform ?

Re: Startup – ASP.NET MVC, Cloud Scale & Deployment

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Re: Testing Web App With Selenium, Explorer and .NET

hai — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:15:37 -0000

I do as your guide, however, my Sharpdeveloper response that "project is configured as dll and no execution command is specified." Pls help me, tks a lot.
haiintel

Re: The Best JavaScript Library | Emad Ibrahim

Shady — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:48:51 -0000

Nevertheless, you can hotlink jquery from google CDN directly and use it in your applications.

Re: Shortening URLs Using TinyUrl API in .net

eibrahim — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:39:07 -0000

Var is a new C# 3.0, more info at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb38397...

Re: Themes and ASP.NET MVC

eibrahim — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:37:41 -0000

This is a custom class that I wrote that simply returns the path to the css file based on the current theme.

Re: “I Quit” 1 Year Anniversary

eibrahim — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:27:35 -0000

His name is Derek and his site is http://www.dbrigham.com/

Re: “I Quit” 1 Year Anniversary

neosyne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:50:20 -0000

Hi emad, great post and progress. Good luck for your future projects. I like the ui design of yonkly. Do you mind telling me the web designer contact details. I am working on a couple of web apps and am looking for a web designer.

Re: Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be closed.

Richie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:35:03 -0000

Excellent, thanks. Have seen many posts on other sites which didn't solve the problem because they missed out the ..\local settings\ folder in the path. :-)