A Blog About Random Computer Subjects
Intro I have a few blog post subjects in progress, but they’re going to take some time to develop the sample applications that I’ll need in order to explain the techniques that I’ll be blogging about. In the mean time, and due to a little A.D.D. on my part, I’m going to do a blog … Read moreGame Algorithms
Summary For those who have followed my blog, I have a long-term project called the NHibernate Mapping Generator. This application generates ORM table mapping C# code for the Fluent NHibernate ORM. In this blog post I’m going to describe a few new features to this application. ADO.Net Unit Testing There is an ADO.Net Context that … Read moreNHibernate Mapping Utility Update
Summary If you’ve spent any time with NHibernate or Fluent NHibernate, you’ll know how annoying it is to use the .Query() method in every LINQ query. It’s especially a problem for situations where you must convert Entity Framework or LINQ-to-SQL to NHibernate, since you have to convert every LINQ query in your code. In this … Read moreFluent NHibernate Session Magic
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 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
Summary So I wanted to try out MongoDB and see what it was all about. In this blog post I’m going to give a quick run-down of how to get things up and running just to show how easy it is to install and connect to a MongoDB database. Where to Get MongoDB The official … Read moreIntroduction to Mongo DB and C#