Archive for April, 2009

Keep It Simple, Stupid

28, Apr 2009

Great article on the principles of K-I-S-S. Keep it simple, stupid!!
As an architect, I’ve learned a lot by doing things the hard way. It’s within our nature to be a purist. We love to dot our I’s and cross our T’s. We try to build the pie in the sky [...]

Consuming Multiple Web Services with single DISCO file

27, Apr 2009

When working in a Service Oriented Architecture there are two main problems I get asked a lot about.

How do I know when new services are available, or how do I inform others of my new services?
How do I share object types across shared services?

Problem
To put some context around these two main questions.  Traditionally services are [...]

I love Extension Methods

21, Apr 2009

Extension methods is one of the best things added to .NET.  It’s a great way to share code and helper method with other team members.  Traditionally developers would create Helper Classes or Utility Classes that can perform specific actions related to an object or domain.  The problem with this approach was that there wasn’t an [...]


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