July 2014 – Frank DeCaire

Creating a Windows Service Application

February 20, 2019July 20, 2014 by Frank DeCaire

Summary In this post, I’m going to show you the easiest way to get a service application up and running. Windows Services can be used to perform background tasks while your computer or server continues to perform normal tasks. Services can also run while a computer is logged out. Getting Started The first thing I … Read moreCreating a Windows Service Application

How to detect if your code was called from a unit test

February 20, 2019July 19, 2014 by Frank DeCaire

I’ve done a few unit test blog posts, but this time I’m going to demonstrate how to detect if a method is running under a unit test. This flag can be used to break dependencies in an object or run a test database instance instead of the production instance. The first article I stumbled across … Read moreHow to detect if your code was called from a unit test

Fluent NHibernate Custom SQL Types

February 20, 2019July 9, 2014 by Frank DeCaire

When mapping data types from SQL server into Fluent NHibernate, the generic mappings work just fine (as long as the data in the field fits the type declared). In other words, a char(50), a text or a varchar(max) field in SQL server will fit in a string type without an issue. There is one problem … Read moreFluent NHibernate Custom SQL Types