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Performance tuning EF, ASP.NET and loadtest

Posted on December 14, 2015 by erictummers

We are developing webservices for accessing data in SQL Server. The performance requirement was not met until we started to tune our solution. TLDR: use table in stead of view EF First we added the AsNoTracking() extension from EntityFramework to … Continue reading →

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Async unit test

Posted on February 25, 2015 by erictummers

With the .NET framework 4.5 making stuff asynchronous has become very easy with async-await. I’ve looked into unit testing this new way of programming and found that Microsoft thought about this too.
During my exercise I had to replace my trusted RhinoMocks by NSubstitute when the tests are run in parallel. Seems that RhinoMocks is not thread safe. More about that in the references. Continue reading →

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SDC 2014

Posted on December 8, 2014 by erictummers

The SDN – Software Development Network – is a special interest group for dutch developers. Four times a year they organise an event where people present and talk about their passion. As a member of the SDN you are aware … Continue reading →

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Techdays 2012 – day 2

Posted on February 19, 2012 by erictummers

Astrid Hackenberg – Multi-tenant applications on Windows Azure There are four models of sharing: Independent – share nothing Isolated – share infrastructure (IAAS) Isolated – share platform (PAAS) Shared – Share everything (SAAS) SAAS can be implemented on different ways … Continue reading →

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Techdays 2012 – day 1

Posted on February 18, 2012 by erictummers

Keynote Metro the vision of clear applications, like signs in the metro. You just know what they mean. Your application must do the same. That is why you’ll need to redesign it for every platform (desktop, mobile, web, tablet, …) … Continue reading →

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