Need SQL Server Management Studio, now?! Turbo.net
You deal with MS SQL database? You probably use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). This is annoying especially if you’re on some random machine and quickly need SSMS. Now you…
Read moreAnnoying Void in C# / Java / alike
One thing which regularly annoys me in C# and Java is the void type. Basically the void type is not a subtype of object, which makes it giant. Now when…
Read moreApproval Testing
Approval Testing is one of my newest discoveries. It is amazingly helpful and I wonder why it’s not more known and used. Image that you have a complex functionality which…
Read moreRavenDB: Bundles, Cascade Deletion, Document Versioning
Today we take a look at how we can install additional functionality to RavenDB with bundles. Then we take a brief look at the cascading delete and versioning bundles. Bundles…
Read moreUpdates for db4o LINQPad Driver
I’ve updated my LINQPad driver for db4o (Here’s an feature-overview). Besides tons of little bugfixes there are also two major scenarios which are now supported: Read Support for Enums supported…
Read moreRavenDB: Embedded Mode
Let’s take a look at more ‘optional’ and supporting features of db4o. One of these is that you can run RavenDB in embedded mode. I personally like embed the database…
Read moreRavenDB: Preventing Database Slaughter
After we’ve covered the basics, documents and queries, we take a short look at another ‘feature’ of RavenDB. Have you ever had this issue: You’ve developed nice application which runs…
Read moreRavenDB: Queries and Indexes
So far we’ve covered the very basics and the document database nature of RavenDB. This time we take a look at the queries and indexes. I’ve already mentioned that RavenDB…
Read moreRavenDB: Documents, Nothing But Documents
Last time we’ve made the first steps with RavenDB. I’ve already mentioned that RavenDB is a document database (see also Wikipedia). However in our examples we just stored objects. So…
Read moreMini-ORM Hype
An interesting recent development is the explosion in tiny ‘object relational mappers’, such as Dapper, Massive or PetaPoco. Most of these help you with a thin layer to read data…
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