Derik Whittaker

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• How is interacting with your data repository in your controller 'Different' or 'Better' than doing it in your code behind?

  Today I was looking through a sample Asp.Net MVC application and the first thing I noticed is that one of the controllers had 4 repositories injected into the controller (hey, at least they are injected right :) ). The code then went onto to interact... Posted Oct 22 2008, 07:03 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 25 comment(s) Filed under: Feedback, Opinion

• Upgrading Dimecasts.Net to the MVC Beta

  Today is the official launch of the Asp.Net MVC beta (can get the bits here ) so I can finally blog about the upgrade process for Dimecasts.net First things first, what is new in this drop: The added the MVC assemblies into the GAC. This was done to allow... Posted Oct 16 2008, 12:40 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Feedback, HowTo, ASP.Net MVC

• ReSharper 4.0 vs CodeRush/Refactor! -- Smack Down results

  In case you did not read one of my past posts where I threatened to break up with R# 4.0 I have moved away from using ReSharper for the time being.  Now just to clear something up, I was still using ReSharper 3.1 with any VS 2005 work.  I just... Posted May 05 2008, 07:31 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, Feedback

• [OT] Where Do Automatic Properties go in your class file?

  Ok, so I know this is a odd question but I am stumped. Normally when I have a private instance level variable that is exposed via a property I format my class file as such. { ..... all instance variables ..... any constructors ..... any public/private... Posted Feb 02 2008, 08:37 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Feedback, Opinion, Best Practice

• Initial thoughts on VS 2008 and .Net 3.5

  As I am sure most of you are aware, Microsoft has released the VS 2008 IDE to MSDN subscribers yesterday. I decided to give it a download and take it for a twirl. I thought I would must dump a few random thoughts from my hour or so of 'playing'... Posted Nov 20 2007, 08:35 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net IDE, Feedback, Opinion

• Rant: MCTS 70-536 Book/Practice tests has TOO many errors

  Ok, this is an official rant about the .Net Framework 2.0 70-536 Self-Paced Training Kit. I understand that writing a book is difficult, I understand that creating 302 practice test is also difficult. Buy my god, people are using these materials as study... Posted Jul 24 2007, 07:15 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Feedback, Opinion, Rant

• Feedback Requested on MCTS/MCPD Tests

  The company I recently started working for last week is having all of their developers study for and ultimately pass the MCTS tests. Since we are mostly a Client/Server shop we will be taking test 70-536 and 70-526. What I am looking for is the following... Posted Jun 21 2007, 06:12 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Feedback