Category Archives: Code Examples

Introduction to ORMs for DBAs: Part 0 – Setup

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Chris C

I gave a presentation at SQL Saturday 710 that didn’t go as well as I liked (i.e. I had trouble getting my demo working).  For those that attended thank you for patience.  Hopefully it was still worth attending and the … Continue reading →

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Chris, have you created that Ruby on Rails 5 project? What Does it Look Like I’m Doing!

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Chris C

In the above video you can replace the question with: Chris, have created that Ruby on Rails 5 project? What dose it look like I’m Doing! Scene 1: Create new Ruby on Rails project using Ruby Mine. Scene 2: Try … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned how to Install PostgreSQL in Ubuntu

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Chris C

For an upcoming project I’m thinking of using PostgreSQL.  I’ve heard lots of great things about PostgreSQL in the past but have been too scared lazy busy to try it. What changed my mind was JetBrains DataGrip database client.  I’m sure there … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping for DBAs – Part 3

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Chris C

Why Developers Use ORMs (i.e. their Strengths) This is the third and final part of a lighting talk I’m giving at the SQL Saturday Edmonton Speaker Idol Contest.   Imagine I’m actually speaking the words below and showing some of the … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping for DBAs – Part 2

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Chris C

This is part two of a lighting talk I’m giving at the SQL Saturday Edmonton Speaker Idol Contest.   Imagine I’m actually speaking the words below and showing some of the images on slides and/or doing a demo.  Code can be found here. … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping for DBAs – Part 1

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Chris C

This is the part one of a lighting talk I’m giving at the SQL Saturday Edmonton Speaker Idol Contest.   Imagine I’m actually speaking the words below and showing some of the images on slides and/or doing a demo.  Code can be … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned How to Create Custom NUnit Constraints – Part 2: Constraint Usage Syntax

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Chris C

In Part 1 we created a custom NUnit constraint but you where limited in using the constraint.  You could only write: It would be nice to write: To do that you should read the documentation.  End of blog post. So is … Continue reading →

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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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