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Setting up ASP.NET MVC with Fluent NHibernate and StructureMap

On a yet-to-be-released side project of mine, I decided to use Fluent NHibernate, StructureMap, and ASP.NET MVC. It took me awhile to get everything to play together nicely, so I documented the steps I took in case anyone out there was interested in
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Apr 07 2010 10:12 AM
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The 4 Types of Emails Programmers Receive

The Vague Email Feature XYZ isn’t working. Please fix. Provides next to no information other than at some point, a feature — possibly XYZ — didn’t function the way a specific user expected it to. Issue could be anything ranging from a
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Mar 15 2010 06:30 PM
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Mar 08 2010 05:28 PM
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Mar 07 2010 10:23 AM
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How Fanboys See .NET Data Access Strategies

Just a play off of the recent "How Fanboys See Operating Systems" post that's been circulating the web. Entity Framework NHibernate Subsonic ADO.NET Datasets as seen by… Entity Framework NHibernate Subsonic ADO.NET Datasets
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Mar 07 2010 06:13 AM
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How Fanboys See .NET Data Access Strategies

Just a play off of the recent "How Fanboys See Operating Systems" post that's been circulating the web. Entity Framework NHibernate Subsonic ADO.NET Datasets as seen by… Entity Framework NHibernate Subsonic ADO.NET Datasets
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Mar 07 2010 01:39 AM
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How Fanboys See .NET Data Access Strategies

Just a play off of the recent "How Fanboys See Operating Systems" post that's been circulating the web. Entity Framework NHibernate Subsonic ADO.NET Datasets as seen by... Entity Framework NHibernate Subsonic ADO.NET Datasets
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Jan 15 2010 09:17 PM
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Dependency Injection For Dummies

The goal of this series is to introduce programming patterns and practices to developers who have little to no familiarity with them. This series does not intend to dive into the intricacies of each pattern / practice, but to give a brief overview that
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Nov 10 2009 05:53 AM
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Dependency Injection For Dummies

The goal of this series is to introduce programming patterns and practices to developers who have little to no familiarity with them. This series does not intend to dive into the intricacies of each pattern / practice, but to give a brief overview that
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Nov 07 2009 04:22 PM
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Dependency Injection For Dummies

The goal of this series is to introduce programming patterns and practices to developers who have little to no familiarity with them. This series does not intend to dive into the intricacies of each pattern / practice, but to give a brief overview that
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Nov 07 2009 04:22 PM
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There's No Such Thing As A Duct Tape Programmer

About a month ago, Joel Spolsky had the software developer community up in arms over his article, "The Duct Tape Programmer".  Everyone with a blog felt compelled to throw in their knee-jerk response, faithfully declaring their allegiance
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Oct 27 2009 07:17 AM
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There’s No Such Thing As A Duct Tape Programmer

About a month ago, Joel Spolsky had the software developer community up in arms over his article, "The Duct Tape Programmer".  Everyone with a blog felt compelled to throw in their knee-jerk response, faithfully declaring their allegiance to
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Oct 26 2009 11:17 PM
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There’s No Such Thing As A Duct Tape Programmer

About a month ago, Joel Spolsky had the software developer community up in arms over his article, "The Duct Tape Programmer".  Everyone with a blog felt compelled to throw in their knee-jerk response, faithfully declaring their allegiance to
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Oct 26 2009 11:17 PM
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Twitter's "Small Settings Update" Is Anything But

Twitter's latest blog post titled Small Settings Update states the following: We've updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter regarding replies. Based on usage patterns and feedback, we've
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May 13 2009 10:35 AM
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Twitter’s “Small Settings Update” Is Anything But

Twitter's latest blog post titled Small Settings Update states the following: We've updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter regarding replies. Based on usage patterns and feedback, we've
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May 13 2009 02:35 AM
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Twitter’s “Small Settings Update” Is Anything But

Twitter's latest blog post titled Small Settings Update states the following: We've updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter regarding replies. Based on usage patterns and feedback, we've
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May 13 2009 02:35 AM
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Should You Use ASP.NET MVC?

There are a lot of ASP.NET web forms developers out there who admit that they simply don't "get it" when it comes to all the hubbub surrounding ASP.NET MVC.  In some ways, I can sympathize with them.  The vocal minority that raves
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Apr 22 2009 05:20 AM
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Should You Use ASP.NET MVC?

There are a lot of ASP.NET web forms developers out there who admit that they simply don't "get it" when it comes to all the hubbub surrounding ASP.NET MVC.  In some ways, I can sympathize with them.  The vocal minority that raves
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Apr 21 2009 09:20 PM
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Should You Use ASP.NET MVC?

There are a lot of ASP.NET web forms developers out there who admit that they simply don't "get it" when it comes to all the hubbub surrounding ASP.NET MVC.  In some ways, I can sympathize with them.  The vocal minority that raves
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Apr 21 2009 09:20 PM
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Content-Stealing Jerks

Edit 3/29/2009 7:23 PM: It appears that Delimitdesign has finally caught wind of this thread and has altered their post to look less like a blatant rip off of mine.  They also modified the post date from 3/28/2009 to 5/28/2008. 
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Mar 29 2009 11:36 AM
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Content-Stealing Jerks

Edit 3/29/2009 7:23 PM: It appears that Delimitdesign has finally caught wind of this thread and has altered their post to look less like a blatant rip off of mine.  They also modified the post date from 3/28/2009 to 5/28/2008. 
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Mar 29 2009 03:36 AM
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Content-Stealing Jerks

Edit 3/29/2009 7:23 PM: It appears that Delimitdesign has finally caught wind of this thread and has altered their post to look less like a blatant rip off of mine.  They also modified the post date from 3/28/2009 to 5/28/2008. 
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Mar 29 2009 03:36 AM
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What ASP.NET MVC Can Learn From Ruby on Rails

Simon Torkumine, a Ruby on Rails developer, recently blogged about how the ASP.NET MVC framework compares to Ruby on Rails. While there are some parts of his post that I don't necessarily agree with (e.g. the anemic community, C# being too verbose),
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Mar 22 2009 04:22 AM
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What ASP.NET MVC Can Learn From Ruby on Rails

Simon Torkumine, a Ruby on Rails developer, recently blogged about how the ASP.NET MVC framework compares to Ruby on Rails. While there are some parts of his post that I don't necessarily agree with (e.g. the anemic community, C# being too verbose),
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Mar 21 2009 08:22 PM
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What ASP.NET MVC Can Learn From Ruby on Rails

Simon Torkumine, a Ruby on Rails developer, recently blogged about how the ASP.NET MVC framework compares to Ruby on Rails. While there are some parts of his post that I don't necessarily agree with (e.g. the anemic community, C# being too verbose),
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Mar 21 2009 08:22 PM
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A Programmer's Plea to Laptop Makers

My laptop died recently and because of this I've been doing some preliminary research to find myself a replacement.  It's been awhile since I've had to purchase a laptop, so I was a bit surprised when I couldn't immediately find one
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Mar 12 2009 08:21 PM
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A Programmer’s Plea to Laptop Makers

My laptop died recently and because of this I've been doing some preliminary research to find myself a replacement.  It's been awhile since I've had to purchase a laptop, so I was a bit surprised when I couldn't immediately find one
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Mar 12 2009 12:21 PM
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A Programmer’s Plea to Laptop Makers

My laptop died recently and because of this I've been doing some preliminary research to find myself a replacement.  It's been awhile since I've had to purchase a laptop, so I was a bit surprised when I couldn't immediately find one
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Mar 12 2009 12:21 PM
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Jeff Atwood Finally Jumps the Shark

Well, we all knew it had to happen eventually.  After years of great blog posts and insightful commentary on the programming world, Jeff Atwood has finally jumped the shark in his latest post which essentially says "programming is hard,
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Feb 12 2009 02:48 AM
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Jeff Atwood Finally Jumps the Shark

Well, we all knew it had to happen eventually.  After years of great blog posts and insightful commentary on the programming world, Jeff Atwood has finally jumped the shark in his latest post which essentially says "programming is hard,
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Feb 11 2009 06:48 PM
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Jeff Atwood Finally Jumps the Shark

Well, we all knew it had to happen eventually.  After years of great blog posts and insightful commentary on the programming world, Jeff Atwood has finally jumped the shark in his latest post which essentially says "programming is hard,
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Feb 11 2009 06:48 PM
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We're Pregnant!

In general I try to keep this blog as programming-centric as possible.  However, I will make an exception for this: We're Pregnant! 7 weeks along so far for those interested.  All signs are normal right now *knock on wood*.  With any
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Dec 09 2008 08:32 AM
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We’re Pregnant!

In general I try to keep this blog as programming-centric as possible.  However, I will make an exception for this: We're Pregnant! 7 weeks along so far for those interested.  All signs are normal right now *knock on wood*.  With any
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Dec 09 2008 12:32 AM
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We’re Pregnant!

In general I try to keep this blog as programming-centric as possible.  However, I will make an exception for this: We're Pregnant! 7 weeks along so far for those interested.  All signs are normal right now *knock on wood*.  With any
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Dec 09 2008 12:32 AM
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Do We Need Another Open ID Provider?

As many of you have undoubtedly have heard by now, Microsoft officially announced during PDC 2008 that Windows Live ID will become an Open ID provider.  From the Live Services blog: "You will soon be able to use your Windows Live ID account to
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Oct 29 2008 10:13 PM
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Is Code Coverage Really All That Useful?

Test driven development proponents often tend to push code coverage as a useful metric for gauging how well tested an application is.  100% code coverage has long been the ultimate goal of testing fanatics.  But is code coverage really all that
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Oct 28 2008 10:38 PM
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10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know

Proverbs are used to express universal truths or life lessons in a short and memorable fashion.  I find that they are a great way to keep things in perspective, both in life and in work.  Because of this, I have assembled 10 programming
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Oct 07 2008 10:47 PM
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Mapping Enums to Strings and Strings to Enums in .NET

I recently stumbled across a blog post demonstrating how to convert enums to strings using the Description attribute.  I thought it might be useful to expand on that example by providing a function that reverses the process (e.g. takes in the
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Sep 20 2008 06:21 PM
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Debugging and the Five Stages of Grief

My latest article, Debugging and the Five Stages of Grief, has been published on Datamation! Here's a short excerpt from the intro: As a programmer, you learn to accept bugs as a part of life. No matter how hard you try, there is no simple way to
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Sep 15 2008 09:59 PM
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Top 200 Tech Blogs

Datamation just posted their list of the Top 200 Tech Blogs and my blog came in at #165!  I'm honored.  There are a lot of great sites in that list (#147 Joel on Software, #149 Coding Horror) and it's humbling to be included, especially
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Sep 10 2008 12:49 AM