A Blog About Random Computer Subjects
Frank DeCaire Summary I’ve published a few blog posts on the usage of SQLLocalDB with NHibernate. Now I’m going to demonstrate how easy it is to use with EF. In fact, SQLLocalDB can be used with ADO queries and LINQ-To-SQL. If you’re dealing with legacy code and your methods use a lot of database access operations, it … Read moreEntity Framework Unit Testing with SQLLocalDB
Summary I’m going to do something a little different here. I’m going to start a series of posts about the GDI+ graphics interface (in C#). If you have followed my blog for a while, you already know that I have a demonstration game I wrote Battle Field One. The last version I blogged about uses … Read moreGDI+ Graphics: Adjusting Gamma
Summary So BattleField One has gotten a little more serious. My goal in this project is to design and build a strategy game engine. Eventually I’ll demonstrate how to modularize the interface so that the game can operate with DirectX instead of a web-based interface using SVG. My method of development is to do this … Read moreThe Game – Artillery
Summary In my last blog post on the game I demonstrated how to setup blocked terrain cells (aka mountains). Now I’m going to introduce a forest cell that will block tanks but not infantry. The Forest Terrain Type I wanted to introduce a forest terrain type so that I could prevent tanks from penetrating (assume … Read moreThe Game – Forest Terrain
Summary I’ve been working on this game called Battlefield One and it has a very simple algorithm for computing the next move that an enemy unit will take in order to reach it’s goal. The algorithm used searched all 6 surrounding hex and eliminates illegal hex points (off the grid or occupied by a unit). … Read moreThe Game – A* Algorithm
Summary A while back I wrote a sample game called Battlefield One. This game was a turn-based war game that was built on SVG, javascript and C#. I have since converted this game into an MVC application (although it still uses the same code-behind techniques and I keep track of the game state with a … Read moreGame Design, Back to Battlefield One
Summary I finally did it. I completed my new Fluent NHibernate mapping generator. It has several features that make it more powerful than the hacked together console application that I did earlier this year. Included in this package are objects that use the generated code to create unit tests around SQLLocalDB. The Mapping Generator The … Read moreFluent NHibernate Mapping Generator
Summary In this blog post I’m going to talk about legacy code and my experience with transitioning from Legacy into a new model. Background I’ve worked for quite a few companies now and I’ve converted many systems from antiquated legacy code into something more modern, like C#, PHP, Object Oriented, MVC, etc. Legacy code that … Read moreDealing with Legacy Code
Summary This blog post is overdue, but I’d like to talk about my database experiences with and without ORMs. Before ORMs I have been writing database driven software for a long time. My early days include the use of Borland C++ with Paradox and FoxPro databases. I have also written Borland C++ and PHP code … Read moreOrm vs Non-ORM
Summary In this blog post I’m going to talk about Visual Studio’s proj file which is nothing more than an XML file used to keep track of the resources inside a project. The Setup Open your Visual Studio (I’m currently using VS 2012) and create a console application. If you have your solution explorer window … Read moreVisual Studio Project Files