A Blog About Random Computer Subjects
Summary In this post, I’m going to show how to write a unit test that can access a private method of an object under test. There is a lot of debate about whether private methods should be accessed from unit tests or that they should be either not tested, or made public. I’m going to … Read moreAccessing Private Methods From Unit Tests
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 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