Visual Studio 2013 Displaying Return Value Of Method

Visual Studio 2013 has an awesome feature for those who like debugging. One limitation before Visual Studio 2013 was that we couldn’t see the return value of a method, neither the return value of the method that call other method. Now, with Visual Studio 2013, it’s possible to see the return value with the Debugging […]

Microsoft .Net 4.5.1 Binding Redirect

With the new version of the Microsoft .Net, the 4.5.1, you will be able to use assembly that as been compiled with an other framework version dependency. For example, a project that use a library that itself use a library that we might use in the project but with an other version won’t work normally. […]

Visual Studio 2013 Scrollbar Customization With Bar Mode and Map Mode

Visual Studio 2013 let you have two type of scroll bar. The first one is the same at in Visual Studio 2012 which contain additional information like where errors are located with a red rectangle and allow you to mark every keyword searched with a yellow mark. It also contain a dark brown color for […]

What is the difference between MapKey vs HasForeignKey?

You can define association 1 to many and defining the relationship with both code snippet below. One is defined with a string, the other one with a property. HasRequired with association defined by string: HasRequired with association defined by property: Both mappings will create exactly the same database schema with a non nullable foreign key. […]

Visual Studio 2013 Peak Definition

Visual Studio 2013 brings many new improvements and one of this one is the peak definition feature. This feature is available by the default shortcut alt+F12 when the caret of your mouse is on a method. The goal of the peak definition is to display the content of the method inside the file, where the […]

No parameterless constructor defined for this object

Few times ago, I open up a solution that was perfectly working previously and realized that this one compile but when I launch the browser raise me an exception : No parameterless constructor defined for this object . Usually, this exception occur when you are using Asp.Net MVC with Unity and this one cannot resolve […]

SimpleMembershipProvider or SqlMembershipProvider

I am using since few months in most of my project the SimpleMembershipProvider instead of the old SqlMembershipProvider. SqlMembershipProvider is there for over 10 years and since Asp.Net MVC4, a new mechanism is available. This new provider comes by default with new Asp.Net MVC project and use the reference : WebMatrix.WebData. The main goal of […]

How to unit test a method that is not from an interface, neither virtual with Visual Studio 2012

Microsoft has the ability to fake method but as the disadvantage that it requires to be from an interface or to be virtual. This is the case of most testing framework. Nevertheless, Microsoft has the principle of Shim which allow to replace the method behavior by yours for the time of a test. You can […]