Software Developer
Captain Codeman
Who is Captain Codeman? Ok, so I may not be too good at hiding my not-too-secret identity ... and Ok, I admit too that I probably don't have any real super powers or a cape (can you just buy those?). I am a software developer though and thought I'd share some of the things I discover as I try to improve my own skills and abilities.
Posts by Captain Codeman
Benefits of NoSQL (MongoDb) for the Query-side of CQRS
Apr 11th
As you may know I’ve been researching CQRS and the benefits of using this approach to developing systems. My focus at the moment is on the Query side of things and for this I’ve been comparing a SQL Server / NHibernate solution with a NoSQL alternative using MongoDb. For this, I’ve been using a simple forum
Circles of Interest
Mar 31st
Technologies that I’m interested in and passionate about vs those that … well, not so much
Homongous! MongoDB, NoSQL and CQRS
Mar 31st
I’ve got what I consider to be a pretty good development stack – all the usual suspects: MVC for the front-end; data stored in SQL Server or MySQL and accessed via NHibernate with mappings using FluentNHibernate conventions; the domain model mapped to a view model using AutoMapper and a sprinkling of NInject dependency injection to
Blog Reboot
Mar 21st
I decided to switch to a different blogging platform and move the (pitifully) small amount of content that I’d posted over. So, this blog is now running on WordPress instead of BlogEngine.NET. At the same time, I’ve decided to try and improve my own personal ‘brand’ and promote my skills a bit more hence the
Absolute URLs using MVC (without extension methods)
Feb 3rd
Do you need to generate absolute URLs within your MVC application? Often this will be in the form of URLs used outside of the web-browser such as those used within Atom Publishing Protocol collections or maybe links that are going to be sent out in emails. Basically, anything where the regular relative URL won’t do.