Mountain Lion – psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
I’m in the process of installing postgres on my new laptop and ran into a snag that had me scratching my head. The install itself went without a hitch, but when trying to use the
Testing .Net Webservices with cURL
Fair warning, this is one of those posts that may or may not be useful to many of you out there, but I wanted to document this somewhere ’cause there’s a good chance I’ll need
Turning Off Regions in ReSharper
I’m not a fan of seeing regions in my code and, by default, ReSharper is configured to group members (methods, interface implementations, etc) with regions when running the Code Cleanup utility. I’ve turned this off
Review: Brownfield Application Development in .Net
I just finished reading Brownfield Application Development in .Net by Kyle Baley and Donald Belcham and thought I’d put together a quick review some of the strengths and weaknesses the book has to
Comparing Design Patterns in Ruby and C#: The Command Pattern (with Robots!)
The command pattern is another one of those patterns that we all (whether we realize it or not) see almost every day. It’s commonly used in UI development but it’s a pattern that can be
Comparing Design Patterns in Ruby and C#: The Iterator Pattern
Continuing our exploration of design patterns in Ruby and C#, we’re going to dive into the Iterator pattern. Like most design patterns, if you google (or bing) for an example you will run into several
We Don’t Need Another Hero
I just began reading Brownfield Application Development in .Net and came across a statement that I found very interesting.
"We Don’t Need Another Hero"
The book does an awesome
Comparing Design Patterns in Ruby and C#: The Composite Pattern
In the last post of the series, we took a look at the Observer pattern. This time we’re going to explore the Composite pattern. The Composite pattern gives us the ability to take a
Comparing Design Patterns in Ruby and C#: The Observer Pattern
Continuing our comparison of design patterns in Ruby and C#, we’re taking a look at the Observer pattern. With this pattern, we have a subject and a list of observers that are interested in knowing
Comparing Design Patterns in Ruby and C#: The Strategy Pattern
In the previous post of this series, we looked at how the Template pattern is implemented in both Ruby and C#. In this post, we’ll take a look at the Strategy pattern…one of