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Fixing non-localizable validation messages with JavaScript
There is a nasty globalization bug in ASP.NET MVC: the client-side validation message for numeric is hard coded to a string that is not localizable. Take the following view model class: public class...
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MongoDB: when documents aren’t perfect, cope with it
MongoDB is a NoSQL database that organizes data as JSON documents in collections instead as rows in tables. One major difference between a document in a collection and a row in a table is that while...
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BPMN question
Recently I learned how to model business processes with BPMN 2.0, the Business Process Modeling Notation. Following, a very, very brief introduction. Using the BPM standard allows technical and...
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C# Enum Quirks
I’ve been slashing out C# code since 2000. Just today I discovered something totally new to me. Would you reckon that this test is valid? public enum Direction { Left, Right } [TestClass] public class...
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Beware of the dreaded passive arbiter!
The setup seemed simple enough: Two application servers running ASP.NET MVC, and a MongoDB replica set with two standard nodes and an arbiter. If you’re familiar with MongoDB replica sets, feel free to...
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Pipes, valves, and social networks
This is a chat room. The tube is a message bus. When a sender pushes a message into it, it just comes out on the other side, and everyone receives it. This is e-mail. We’ve added a valve on the...
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Take the Stoic Test
An underestimated developer superpower: Keep calm and focused with a juicy geek discussion exploding in the office/Twitter/Comments/Yammer around you. You get one point for each question that you can...
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JavaScript for Metro-style apps: now I get it.
I’ve spent the last few days at the Microsoft //build/ conference where the first preview version of Windows 8 was shown (and everyone got a tablet PC, which I like, and – and this is going to be...
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REST API Design Rulebook – a waste of e-ink
REST API Design Rulebook by Mark Masse My rating: 1 of 5 stars The book tries to establish a set of rules for REST interfaces – I’m OK with that, it’s what its title says. When you define rules, you...
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Tests gone bad: antipatterns of automated testing
I’ve got a series of blog posts on what you can do wrong with automated tests, and what to do about it on the Zühlke blog.
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