The Morning Brew

Monday’s come round too fast. Despite reading lots of posts this weekend (and getting down to zero unread items in my reader) today’s brew isn’t as massive as I thought it might be - perhaps I’m being too selective.

Software

• IronPython 2.0 Beta 3 - Iron Python gets an update in the form of Iron Python 2.0 Beta 3
• FitNesse.NET 1.7 Released - Gojko Adzic points to the latest release of this .NET implementation of the Framework for Integrated Test (Fit) tool.
• MassTransit 0.2 Now Available - Chris Patterson announces the availability of a new release of Mass Transit, a lean service bus developed using YAGNI principle (You ain’t gonna need it) to keep it as simple and lean as possble.

Information

• Mapping Collections in NHibernate (Part 1) - The NHibernate FAQ Blog looks in detail at the different ways of mapping of collections and working with mapped collections in the first part in this series.
• Function Composition - Chris Smith looks at functional composition and how the pipe-forward operator can help improve your code.
• CruiseControl.Net Tutorial - Part 2 - Matteo continues his series on Cruise Control Setup and configuration with part two, covering the actual build and publish.
• Understanding .NET Delegates and Events, By Practice. - Mohamad Halabi writes a nice article on the different types and uses of delegates within the .NET framework, giving examples along the way.
• C# Glorified : Nemerle! - Onur Gümüş gives an introduction to Nemerle, an alternative CLR language which offers a number of interesting features (outlined in the post).
• Added parallel abilities to Dizzy - Justin Etheredge continues developing his Dizzy High order method library by adding some parallel goodness into the map method.
• Why I Do Not Use ORM - Kenneth Downs looks at Object Relational Mapping (ORM) from a database point of view, and explains what he dislikes about it - its always good to see the other side of any argument.
• Writing your first Domain Specific Language, Part 1 of 2 - Daniel Flower gives a nice introduction to implementing your own languages using the Irony Compiler Construction Tool kit.
• Python in the Browser: Live Interactive Interpreter in an HTML Textarea - Michael Foord shows off Python in a Browser, a SilverLight powered browser based Python Interactive interperter
• Back to Basics - Life After If, For and Switch - Like, a Data Structures Reminder - Scott Hanselman offers some good advice that came out of a one-on-one coding session he had with a friend, showing some alternatives to the most common approaches.
• Why you should test code too silly to break - Ayende shows some tests for code which at first view looks silly, but in the end actually helps out.
• Performance Tweaks For Your Cache - Joel Ross looks at ways to improve the common caching pattern in order to get better performance when working with multiple threads.
• BDD, AAA Style Testing and Rhino Mocks - Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo shows off some test using BDD naming using the new Rhino Mocks 3.5 Arrainge Act Assert style.
• Custom Event Programming - Brent Stineman gives and end-end overview of event based programming.
• The "It Works on my Machine" Award - Ade Miller talks about a couple of common situations which relate to ‘it works on my machine’ syndrome.