Monthly Archives: March 2009

The ADO.NET Entity Framework and Error 2048

Posted on March 27, 2009 by jamesdmccaffrey

The ADO.NET Entity Framework (AEF) v1.0 is part of Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The AEF examines a SQL database and creates wrapping C# code that can be used in an application to perform insert, update, create, and delete operations on … Continue reading →

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Symmetric Test Case Input

Posted on March 20, 2009 by jamesdmccaffrey

I ran across an interesting testing situation the other day. I was looking at a library module for 7-card poker which contains a method int Hand.Compare(Hand h1, Hand h2) to determine which of two 7-card poker hands is better according … Continue reading →

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Simulated Bee Colony Algorithms

Posted on March 13, 2009 by jamesdmccaffrey

I’ve always been fascinated by algorithms which are inspired by natural processes. In fact my Master’s thesis investigated optimization using genetic algorithms which mimic evolutionary processes by simulating genetic crossover and mutation. During the past few months I’ve been looking … Continue reading →

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Testing with F#

Posted on March 8, 2009 by jamesdmccaffrey

F# is Microsoft’s new programming language. F# is scheduled to ship with the next version of Visual Studio but a Community Technical Preview version is available. F# is a functional language which means among other things that most language constructs … Continue reading →

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