CruseControling my code

To "CruseControl" my code:

1. Modify the config file (ccnet.config ) in my CruiseControl.net folder (C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server) . Mimic the existing entry.
2. Write the build file
3. Setup sample web site (for system test)
4. Run the script even from the build directory, or by pressing [Force] build button on local CuriseControl web UI
5. Enjoy the successful build!

Stuff I learned in today's code review

Here's something I learned or have my memory refreshed during today's code review:

• use of internal as in "internal const int a; "
• static constructor
• using keyword. You can even use it as alias. Of course most of the time you use it as statement.
  
• Obsolete attribute
• Predicate delegate. Example is here.
  
• Enum.Parse
• Enum can have base other than int
• PreRender seems to be a better place to put final UI code (like popup windows) than LoadComplete .
• Best Practice: To test authorization, some suggest using a collection of security attribute stored in base class, while the others think that using overriding method seems better because it force developer to write all the corresponding test, or else the code won't even compiled.
• learn to use IsNullOrEmpty
• The as keyword in C#
• The difference of out and ref in C#, and why do we have both of them. And the implication of passing array using out or ref.
  

Pissed by Visual Studio 2005 SP1 installation

I encountered an error when I tried to install Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 on a Windows Server 2003 machine. The crazy error message pointed me to this Microsoft Knowledge Base article and I am in porcess of rebooting my machine after installing the hotfix mentioned in the article. Hopefully it will work before I go postal.

So that's why I couldn't carea a ASP.Net Web Application project

I was pretty confused yesterday about why I cannot create a ASP.Net web application project in order to neatly package the User Control I created. And then finally something hit me this morning when I read this article about Visual Studio 2005 ASP.Net Web Application Project and realized one important thing:

I DID NOT have Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 installed on my machine.

So I am installing it now. Hopefully it will solve my problem.