ALT.NET describes a coalescing community of like-minded individuals within the larger world of the Microsoft® .NET Framework who felt a growing frustration that Microsoft tooling, guidance, and .NET culture at large did not reflect or support an important set of core values. One of the common topics at the ALT .NET event was closing gaps between requirements, testing, and code.
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NHibernate or Fluent NHibernate?
I would be interested in hearing op opinions from others regarding whether which they would choose (no 'neithers' please ;), and why.
What are the downsides to using fluent? (version dependancy maybe?)
Pros, Cons, Experiences etc.
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What are the main differences between ASP.NET MVC and FubuMVC?
A developer I know just showed me FubuMVC and there was some question whether or not we should attempt to use it on a real live project or not. The current design choice so far has been ASP.NET MVC.
What I'm interested in finding out is:
What are…
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What are some good resources to learn to use NAnt?
I've never used an automated build system - to be honest, I've never had a use for it since I work as a solo developer (not by choice) and do development only on my workstation, so using the Build menu in Visual Studio has been good enough for…
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How to get someone started with ALT.NET
What is the order of topics to explain to a .NET developer or user group to get them started and interested with alt.net tools and practices.
ORM
IoC
TDD
DDD
DSL
CI
MVC - MVP
Version Control (I think this is the one they get the fastest)
Agile
Etc,…
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IOC Design Resources
I've done quite a bit of searching on this and haven't had much luck finding something cohesive. I'm a relatively new developer and have just started in my first professional development position. I know that I have a great deal to learn even in…
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Are there alternatives to Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server?
Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server offers a lot of goodies like source control, unit testing and automatic building.
I'm wondering the following: What alternatives are there for .NET developers that has all of this?
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Suggested books that focus on the alt.net style of development? e.g. solid, DI, de-coupling, testing, etc
What .net/c# focused books are there that teach how to develop applications using SOLID principles, unit testing, IoC, etc?
I've watched a few videos on the SOLID principles, but I'd love to learn more about it and in detail on how to go about…
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Is there a non-microsoft / open-source MVC framework for ASP.net?
I have seen in the past that before MS takes a dash at something, there is awareness in the .net community for it already. I am talking here about the ALT NET and Open Source folks who are like " If MS has come up with Entity Framework, we have…
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What Alt.Net Solutions have you ported to Mono / Linux?
I hope to gain insight on what has already been accomplished, and what pitfalls you experienced along the way.
UPDATE:
From Mono Project, there are numerous applications listed such as Unity 3d, SWFDotNet, VistaDB, and even paint-mono(Paint.Net)…
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