Author Archives: Derik Whittaker
Fix your code, don’t disable static analysis
Maybe it is my OCD, maybe it is that I would like to think I try to always write clean code, maybe it is something else entirely. But I always cringe when I see people turn off or disable static … Continue reading
Merge Headache — Don’t Re-Purposes a class, create a new one
Merging code does not have to be the frustrating process that many people experience, if done right. I have learned during my career that if I pull from my master branch daily, if not more often, my merges are almost … Continue reading
Typescript Support in Atom Editor for Windows
Recently I was trying to get TypeScript support working inside the Atom editor on windows. In my attempt to get things working I went to the Atom site and found the TypeScript package. Per the documentation I did ‘apm install … Continue reading
JavaScript Code Coverage using Karma-Coverage w/ Grunt
As part of our ongoing effort at my client to setup a testing environment for our JavaScript code I wanted to also setup the ability to do code coverage on our files. To accomplish this I am going to integrate … Continue reading
Forcing MVC Model State to invalid for Unit Tests
Unit testing ASP.Net MVC applications is easier than every today. But how do you force ModelState.IsValid to be false in a unit tests? The simple thought would be to simply create an invalid object and pass that into your action … Continue reading