Much better File In Use dialog in Windows 7
A very welcomed addition to the all-too-common File In Use dialog when trying to delete a file that a process has locked.
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Cryptic Entity Framework exception when a table is missing a primary key
Unable to update the EntitySet ‘PlanPriceHistory’ because it has a DefiningQuery and no <InsertFunction> element exists in the <ModificationFunctionMapping> element to support the current operation.
DateTime.Now is not [deterministically] testable
Unit testing a method that relies on DateTime.Now is generally a challenge. Take the below example, which was the first version of a method to get the Current Price of a Product. The business rule for GetCurrentPrice() is simple: find the most recent price where the effective date is not in the future.
Have you tried Google to find that?
Researching strategies for unit testing view model mappers… It never occurred to try google.com to find that information…
Rename namespaces intelligently with ReSharper
As is usually the case when I encounter a pain point while developing with Visual Studio, a quick google search reminds me that all along this problem has been solved for me. Today’s lesson is brought to you by the all-to-common namespace renaming. Earlier today I started cleaning up the file structure in the Solution Explorer, and up until now I would resort to a clumsy Solution Wide Find-Replace to fix up the namespaces after the files were moved into their more logical placement.
