ASP.net MVC – Defining Scripts in Partial Views
Posted by RBurnham in Uncategorized on March 13, 2015
One limitation of ASP.net MVC that i’m not a fan of is the fact that you can not define scripts in a partial view and then have them rendered at the bottom of the page. In a view this can be done using a Scripts section and then calling RenderSection in you layout. The problem […]
.net Regex Tips
Posted by RBurnham in Uncategorized on October 5, 2012
A common problem you see in regex is the pattern can get complicated quickly. A new comer trying to understand a pattern can easily get lost in the complexity of the syntax. Just like any programming language its important to format and comment your code. A rarely used feature of regex allows for exactly this. […]
Installing and Managing ActiveMQ on CentOS
I recently had to setup ActiveMQ on CentOS. I found there wasn’t a lot of info on how to do this specifically for CentOS and i had to patch together information from various linux based documentation. Because of this i thought i’d document the process in the hopes that someone might find this useful As […]
Handy Development Tools
Occasionally you come across a tool that solves a problem so well its handy to keep an note of them. This is a list of tools and technology that i find help me to perform better. I’ll continue to add to them as i discover more Charting and Design Tools Lucid Chart – https://www.lucidchart.com/ Lucid […]
MVP Award for Visual Studio ALM
Posted by RBurnham in Uncategorized on February 10, 2012
At the start of the year i was pleasantly surprised with an email announcing that i have been accepted for the Visual Studio ALM MVP Award. Over the past year i provided ongoing feedback in regards to Microsoft Test Manager, Coded UI Tests and Project management as well as creating this blog and being active […]
Unhandled Exceptions with AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException and Application.ThreadException
Posted by RBurnham in Uncategorized on February 7, 2012
I have a strong belief that an application should fail in a way that is graceful and useful for fixing the problem. Because of this i was looking for a way to catch and any exceptions that you may have missed. This gives you the opportunity to log and possibly email you specific information to […]
Linq to SQL Debug Logging
Posted by RBurnham in Uncategorized on January 23, 2012
So today i stumbled upon a Linq to SQL feature i didn’t know of but thought it could be useful. Linq to SQL allows you to attach a logger to the DataContext object. You can quickly log to the Output window with the following code Here is a useful blog i found with some other […]
2011 in review
Posted by RBurnham in Uncategorized on January 1, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many […]
Windows Phone stuck booting into “Plug into PC” mode
Posted by RBurnham in Windows Phone 7 on December 20, 2011
So last night my HTC Mozart battery was low so it shut itself down. This morning i turned it on and see this. I charged the phone but after rebooting i still see this icon. I connect the device and i get an error saying that it can’t restore the device. At this point i […]
SpecFlow Tables And Parameters Invalid cast from System.String to TechTalk.SpecFlow.Table
If your trying to use a parameter and a table in the one step and you get this exception System.InvalidCastException: Invalid cast from ‘System.String’ to ‘TechTalk.SpecFlow.Table’. Make sure your table parameter is the last one in the method like this. It can be a bit tricky to find the problem due to the exception being […]
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