You have to give credit where credit is do.  Stephen Bohlen is creating a screen cast series called Summer of NHibernate.
So, if you have been wondering what NHibernate is all about and looking for a good place to get started, this could be it for you.
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Want to stop hating the Test Results window in Visual Studio when you are working in TDD mode? If you double click a failed test, what does it do? By default Visual Studio brings up the failed test report.
What we want it to do is bring up the test that filed, where it failed. Here’s [...]

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What? Why would anyone want to do that? In my case, I am building a class (as in teach a class) for TDD that uses only Visual Studio native tools.
So, how do I disable resharper to make sure I don’t get any pesky resharper files into my directory structure? By using Visual Studio’s Add-In manager.

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Yesterday, me, myself and Peter went to the first Dutch ALT.NET gathering. Besides being stuck in traffic for more than an hour, I had a great time. There were some great conversations going on and it was really empowering already. Make sure to read Yves’s summary of the whole thing (only in Dutch). We talked [...]

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I just finished my first week with my new MotoQ, with Windows Mobile 6. I was using a Treo with Windows Mobile 5.5, but when we upgraded to Exchange 2007 server the Treo was no longer compatible. That’s right. Exchange 2007 and the Treo 700w no worky. And the best part is that I can’t [...]

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This is my first post on PluralSight’s blog. As of this week, I count myself fortunate enough to have been invited to contribute to PluralSight’s team of instructors. What does this mean for me and for Elegant Code?

Healthwise (my full-time employer) has been good enough to offer me the opportunity to pursue this passion in [...]

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I want to put out a short sequel to my previous post on Active Conventions with NDepend. Also make sure to read Patrick Smacchia’s follow-up if your interested.
As you may or may not know, I’m a huge fan of using Test Data Builders for setting up the context for the domain objects in my BDD [...]

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I am both encouraged and disheartened by what I am hearing on the the subject of Agile these days. I got a large dose of the discussion in conversations and lectures at Tech Ed this year, and the blogsphere resonates with it every time you turn around.
The Encouraging
Dialog is beginning to focus on Lean and [...]

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