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Articles by Manning (13)
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Converting a PowerShell Script into a Module Part 2
Published: 10 Mar 2010 Views: 443 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 1
In this article the author explains how PSModuleInfo object for a module can be retrieved. Further, he shows how code can be injected into the module to manipulate the state of a module without having to reload it. He also explains how to directly set some metadata elements, like the module description, and some other PSModuleInfo object features.
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Converting a PowerShell Script into a Module
Published: 08 Mar 2010 Views: 880 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
This article is taken from the book Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition. The author provides an overview of the PowerShell modules, including their roles and terminology. He shows how modules allow packaging collections of PowerShell resources into shareable, reusable units. The author dives into the methods of writing Powershell scripts and converting a script into a module.
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Silverlight: IronPython in the browser Part 2
Published: 03 Mar 2010 Views: 598 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
This article is an excerpt taken from IronPython in Action, by Michael J. Foord and Christian Muirhead and published by Manning Publications. In the article the authors discuss how to take advantage of the exciting Silverlight platform with IronPython.
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Silverlight: IronPython in the browser Part 1
Published: 23 Feb 2010 Views: 1,029 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
This article is an excerpt taken from IronPython in Action, by Michael J. Foord and Christian Muirhead and published by Manning Publications. In the article the authors discuss how to take advantage of the exciting Silverlight platform with IronPython.
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Indirect Testing of State
Published: 18 Feb 2010 Views: 638 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
In this article, taken from the book "The Art of Unit Testing" by Roy Osherove, we'll take a look at using state-based testing methods in our unit tests.
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Programming user interfaces using F# workflows
Published: 16 Feb 2010 Views: 2,167 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
F# asynchronous workflows can be used to solve a wide range of programming problems. In this article we'll look how to use asynchronous workflows for elegantly expressing the control flow of interaction with the user. We'll also look at clear functional way for encoding drag&drop-like algorithm.
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Continuous Integration with TeamCity
Published: 21 Jan 2010 Views: 1,693 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
TeamCity is a CI server that has been gaining popularity in the .NET community for the last few years. It is packed with handy futures which we will discuss in a minute and has a free version suitable for smaller teams.
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Dynamic Binding in a Static Language, Part 2
Published: 04 Jan 2010 Views: 1,260 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 1
This article is taken from the book C# in Depth, Second Edition.
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Dynamic Binding in a Static Language, Part 1
Published: 22 Dec 2009 Views: 2,576 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
This article is taken from the book C# in Depth, Second Edition. This segment looks at what it means for code to be dynamic, and the syntax involved in using dynamic typing in C# 4.
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jQuery in Action 2nd edition: Queuing functions for execution
Published: 11 Dec 2009 Views: 1,667 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
This article is taken from the book jQuery in Action, second edition. This segment shows how you can create your own queue to queue up any functions that you'd like to have executed in serial order. An understanding of jQuery animation is assumed.
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DI Patterns: Constructor Injection
Published: 09 Dec 2009 Views: 2,591 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
In this article, an excerpt from the book "Dependency Injection in .NET", we will take a detailed look at the DI pattern known as Constructor Injection.
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ASP.NET MVC in Action: The model in depth
Published: 03 Dec 2009 Views: 3,028 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
In this chapter, we’ll explore a model for a system that helps to manage a small conference, like a Code Camp. The model enables the application to provide an interesting service. Without the model, the application provides no value. We place great importance on creating a rich model with which our controllers can work.
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PowerShell in Practice
Published: 29 Oct 2009 Views: 1,841 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0
This article is taken from the book PowerShell in Practice. As part of a chapter on recent and forthcoming innovations in PowerShell, this excerpt explores what you can do with the virtualization functions in the Hyper=V PowerShell library.
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