Fridathon: unstructured learning or hacking you can opt-in to do on any random Friday.

• Querying WCF endpoints using Web API

  Posted on May 19, 2011

  In previous versions of the Web API, you could query your REST endpoints that exposed an IQueryable server-side, kinda “Linq to WCF” as [@gblock](<http://twitter.com/#!/gblock>) said. This was immensely useful and an important driver (among others) for me to move away from ~~Astoria~~ ADO.NET Data Services. That functionality is [gone](<http://twitter.com/#!/gblock/status/70315843627659264>) now ([vote to get it back](<http://wcf.codeplex.com/workitem/41>)!). [Read More]

• How to use Autofac with WCF Web API

  Posted on May 16, 2011

  The new configuration model in the latestWCFWeb APIsallows extending the service instantiation via what is called aresource factory. [Read More]

• How to replace default interface property implementation expansion with automatic properties

  Posted on May 11, 2011

  By default, when you implement an interface in a class, you get the following for properties: public string ClassName { get { throw new NotImplementedException(); } set { throw new NotImplementedException(); } } [Read More]

• Writing inline MSBuild tasks in C# for one-liners

  Posted on May 9, 2011

  Every now and then, when trying to do something in MSBuild, I hit a roadblock (or maybe just some unintuitive “feature”) and I’m left thinking “gosh, now I have to create a custom MSBuild task for this one-liner that is SO trivial in plain C#!”. [Read More]

• DevEnvDir considered harmful

  Posted on May 9, 2011

  It’s quite common to refer to $(DevEnvDir) in a project, such as to specify the path to a referenced assembly, or to execute a tool on a build event or a target. It’s right there in the UI after all, why not use it? [Read More]

• How to mock extension methods

  Posted on May 5, 2011

  . without paying for a TypeMock Isolator license to do it [Read More]

• How to mock extension methods

  Posted on May 5, 2011

  . without paying for a TypeMock Isolator license to do it [Read More]

• How extension methods ruined unit testing and OOP, and a way forward

  Posted on May 5, 2011

  You probably know I’m an advocate of a particular way of doing extension methods that I call the “Extension Method Entry Point Pattern”, which makes it easier to mock them. [Read More]

• How to add an MSBuild import to a project on NuGet install

  Posted on April 19, 2011

  This functionality has beendiscussedandrequestedas a feature for a future version ofNuGet. [Read More]

• How to send URL shortcuts to a specific browser such as Internet Explorer

  Posted on April 13, 2011

  IE is not my default browser. But still some links have to be sent to it in order for the right thing to happen (i.e. Microsoft Lync invitations, Live Meeting, InfoPath forms, etc.). So far I had the multi-click solution of opening IE, then clicking on a toolbar bookmark. [Read More]

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