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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: 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: 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: ASP.NET MVC & TDD Free Book Chapter

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

Thanks

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: 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: Mocking and Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC

eibrahim — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:24:08 -0000

Good question. I actually don't test it and I have forgotten to add a few
items before but unfortunately, it is a runtime error. What I would rather
do but I am too lazy to is have this information loaded from a configuration
file instead, so if you forget to add something, you can just edit the
config file without having to recompile/re-deploy.

Ninject doesn't support config files which is ironically why I like it.

A solution would be to create a test everytime you add an "injectable" class
to test if it is getting loaded/injected properly or not. This should be a
simple IsNotNull test. (I think).

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

eibrahim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:35:16 -0000

Is that a compile error or runtime error? Did you copy & paste the code
correctly? Sometimes the browser messes up the code formatting.

Other than that you should add a breakpoint and examine the value of
resultXml and see if it shows any error messages.

Good luck.

Re: Unit Test Private Methods in Visual Studio

eibrahim — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:47:32 -0000

Sorry, but the last time I used c++ was in college :)

Re: Startup - How To Build A Web 2.0 Business: The Risks

eibrahim — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:21:12 -0000

I was only thinking of one way payment, but 2 way payment shouldn't be that
hard to implement either. I think one solution would be a token/point
system i.e. an internal currency. This way people can use their points to
buy/sell on your system and then whenever they want they can cash out their
points. That should minimize money transactions and reduce costs.

I use a "credit" system on www.tweetastica.com but it is only for one way
payment.

Good question :)

Re: The Best JavaScript Library | Emad Ibrahim

eibrahim — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:40:20 -0000

My JavaScript knowledge has increased significantly since I wrote this post
and I can tell you that now I only use jQuery and I don't need YUI for their
UI anymore.
Plus jQuery has significantly improved its UI-related stuff just check the
gallery at www.jqueryui.com

Re: Yonkly - Open Source Twitter

eibrahim — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:08:25 -0000

Please ask support question over here
http://groups.google.com/group/yonkly-os
Thanks.

Re: Services Worth Paying For as a Startup

eibrahim — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:26:03 -0000

Sure. Do you have any suggestions?

Re: Services Worth Paying For as a Startup

eibrahim — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:17:46 -0000

What a looser? I meant to say loser. Corrected. Thanks.

Re: Yonkly Source Code For Sale

eibrahim — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:06:20 -0000

All the features mentioned here are part of the paid version and not the
free version
http://www.emadibrahim.com/2008/10/01/major-upd...

Jaiku's release won't really change my plans too much. If you want to
create a microblog in asp.net mvc then you can spend a week or 2 designing,
developing and testing it or spend a couple of hundred bucks and get Yonkly
with the source code. The costs savings are obvious.

Also we offer a hosted service so you don't have to install, debug, setup or
do anything to get up and running with your own branded microblog community.
All you do is signup at yonkly.com and now, we offer free accounts and have
reduced our prices significantly for premium accounts. I guess that's what
happens when there is competition.

Also, keep in mind that we are bootstrapped and haven't raised any money and
can't really afford to give away everything for free.

Thanks for your feedback and keep it coming.

Re: Client & Server Side Validation in ASP.NET MVC

eibrahim — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:29:15 -0000

I am not sure what to do here. That is the problem with generated code and
it is the same problem with using LINQ 2 SQL, you can't add attributes to
the generated code.
-Emad

Re: Yonkly - Open Source Twitter

eibrahim — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:54:09 -0000

Because I wanted to learn. I have more control over the HTML generation.
No view state. Easier to unit test. better seperation between
presentation and code.
I haven't tried converting to a webform but my guess is that it won't be
easy. It will probably be easier for you to learn MVC than try to convert
it.

Re: Yonkly Making Progress

eibrahim — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:17:12 -0000

No, please explain :)

Re: Yonkly Source Code

eibrahim — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:12:11 -0000

It is still available at http://www.codeplex.com/yonkly

Re: Deciding Between ASP.NET MVC and WebForms

eibrahim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:18:09 -0000

Looks really good. You did a much better job ;)

Re: Yonkly - Open Source Twitter

eibrahim — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:05:26 -0000

If you are refering to the hosted solution at yonkly.com, yes you can turn
off/on images from the admin control panel, if you are the network admin.
If you are referring to the open source version then it is not an option but
can easily be added - after all it is open source :)

Re: Client & Server Side Validation in ASP.NET MVC

eibrahim — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:46:59 -0000

I have updated the source code to compile and work with MVC Beta 1. Get it from the google project page at http://code.google.com/p/mvcvalidation/

Re: Client & Server Side Validation in ASP.NET MVC

eibrahim — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:28:19 -0000

I think that code was written using MVC Preview 5. You will have to modify
it to work with the Beta.
I like using the DataAnnotations namespace instead and have switched to it
in one of my projects.

I use POCO classes for models but I write conversion functions that convert
and from my POCO to my LINQ to SQL entities. Some grunt work but works
well.