Setting up a TDD environment in dotnet core

Setting up a TDD environment in dotnet core

Introduction In a future post, I’m going to write about Test Driven Development, with the aim of writing a Freecell clone. In this post I’ll walk through setting up a dotnet core solution with a class library which will hold...

Binary search in C#

Binary search in C#

Introduction Binary search is the classic search algorithm, and I remember implementing it in C at University. As an experiment I’m going to implement it in C# to see if the line of business applications I usually build have rotted...

Keeping a development journal

Keeping a development journal

Since I started working as a programmer, I’ve always taken notes in meetings, and jotted things down during the day to remember, but these were all usually on an A4 notepad, which I’ve always used as a daily scratch pad,...

Goals

Goals

For anyone keeping score, I haven’t updated my blog for over a year.

You don't always need an IOC library

You don't always need an IOC library

The principle of YAGNI should always apply, and I was recently reminded of that when I had to build a small application to give to a user for a small one off task. We’re talking a single screen application with...