Author Archives: Chris C

Today I Learned How to Create Custom NUnit Constraints – Part 1: Creating the Constraint

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Chris C

NUnit has has built in constraints for most the tests you will need to write so there is no need to create your own.  End of blog post. OK, that was a bad joke.  The first step in creating a … Continue reading →

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NConstraints Version 1.0.0 Released

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Chris C

A common unit test assert I need to do is compare all the property values of one object to another.  For example: In this test we only have two properties to test but if the object has 10 plus properties … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned How to Run NUnit Tests for a .NET Core Project in TeamCity

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Chris C

In TeamCity you can’t use the usual NUnit Runner to run .NET Core unit tests.  At least I couldn’t get it to work.  I’m sure this will be fixed in the future but for now the below works for me.  … Continue reading →

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Odds Are you Work for a Small Business

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Chris C

If I was a betting man I would bet you work for a small company (99employees or less).  Odds are I would be right half the time.  How did I come up with those numbers?  Using some math and stats … Continue reading →

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Importance of Spouses in Small Businesses

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Chris C

Starting a new business is hard.  In 2010 study just over half of new business in Canada survive 5 years or more and only 30% survive 10 years.  Similar statics for our neighbours in the south. Saturday Morning Productions has been … Continue reading →

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My Takeaway from Reading Meatball Sundae

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Chris C

Book: Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? Author: Seth Godin My takeaway from Meatball Sundae is don’t use a new marketing trend because it’s the hip new thing to do.  Make sure the marketing you do aligns with your business.  … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned How to Lock a Dependency to a Specific Version in Project JSON

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Chris C

While upgrading the NUnitXmarin project the project maintainers asked me lock the version of NUnit to a specific version.  They where also kind enough to provided a link to a possible solution.  Lets test if it works. First lets review … Continue reading →

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My Takeaway from Reading Option B

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Chris C

Book: Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy Author: Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant Option B is not what I thought it would be about.  I thought it would be about what to do when your first plan fails for … Continue reading →

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Notes: Upgrade NUnit.Xamarin to NUnit 3.8.1

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Chris C

The notes I took when trying to upgrade the NUnit Xamarin project to NUnit 3.8.1.  The reason I did this was to fix issue #87.  When I try to us NUnit Xamarin on another project it fails with the following … Continue reading →

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PSA: Arduino H Bridge is Sharp and Pointy

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Chris C

Just a quick public service announcement (PSA) that the Arduino H Bridge is sharp and pointy.  Both my daughter and myself hurt our fingers but only I was lucky enough to draw blood when one of the H Bridge pins … Continue reading →

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