(Personally, I have no idea why it is so complex other than geeky vanity the users must have)

Anyway, Roger Dudler has created a great “Git Guide” that he describes as, :just a simple guide for getting started with git. no deep shit “, and that is precisely what I was looking for.  The basics.

Roger Dudler – Git Guide

It’s like DropBox but connects to your Google account and uses your Google space.

The files show up in your Google Documents.

InSync

WCF DOS Host

private static void RunHost()

{

var host = new ServiceHost(typeof(TestWcfService));

 

var httpBinding = new BasicHttpBinding

{

MaxBufferPoolSize = 0,

MaxReceivedMessageSize = Int32.MaxValue,

MaxBufferSize = Int32.MaxValue,

TransferMode = TransferMode.Streamed

};

 

var wsHttpBinding = new WSHttpBinding

{

MaxBufferPoolSize = 0,

MaxReceivedMessageSize = Int32.MaxValue,

ReliableSession = {Enabled = true, Ordered = true}

};

 

var netTcpBinding = new NetTcpBinding

{

MaxBufferPoolSize = 0,

MaxReceivedMessageSize = int.MaxValue,

MaxBufferSize = int.MaxValue,

ReliableSession = {Enabled = true, Ordered = true}

};

 

var netNamedPipe = new NetNamedPipeBinding

{

MaxBufferPoolSize = 0,

MaxReceivedMessageSize = int.MaxValue,

MaxBufferSize = int.MaxValue

};

 

host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ITestService), httpBinding, “http://localhost/basic”);

host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ITestService), wsHttpBinding, “http://localhost/ws”);

host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ITestService), netTcpBinding, “net.tcp://localhost/tcp”);

host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof (ITestService), netNamedPipe, “net.pipe://localhost/pipe”);

 

var operation = host.Description.Endpoints[0].Contract.Operations.Find(“TestCollectionParameter”);

operation.Behaviors.Find<DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior>().MaxItemsInObjectGraph = Int32.MaxValue;

 

try

{

host.Open();

PrintConnectionInformation(host);

Console.WriteLine(“Listening….”);

Console.ReadLine();

Console.WriteLine(“Closing channels…”);

 

host.Close();

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

host.Abort();

throw;

}

}

 

private static void PrintConnectionInformation(ServiceHostBase host)

{

host.Description.Endpoints.ToList().ForEach(ep => Console.WriteLine(String.Format(“{0} running at {1}”, ep.Name, ep.ListenUri)));

}

WCF DOS Client

public class CustomChannelFactory<T> : ChannelFactory<T>

{

public CustomChannelFactory(Binding binding) : base(binding) { }

 

public CustomChannelFactory(ServiceEndpoint endpoint) : base(endpoint) { }

 

public CustomChannelFactory(string endpointConfigurationName) : base(endpointConfigurationName) { }

 

public CustomChannelFactory(Binding binding, EndpointAddress remoteAddress) : base(binding, remoteAddress) { }

 

public CustomChannelFactory(Binding binding, string remoteAddress) : base(binding, remoteAddress) { }

 

public CustomChannelFactory(string endpointConfigurationName, EndpointAddress remoteAddress) : base(endpointConfigurationName, remoteAddress) { }

 

protected override void OnOpening()

{

foreach (var behavior in

Endpoint.Contract.Operations.Select(operation => operation.Behaviors.Find<DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior>()).Where(behavior => behavior != null))

{

behavior.MaxItemsInObjectGraph = int.MaxValue;

}

base.OnOpening();

}

}

 

[ServiceContract]

public interface ITestService

{

[OperationContract]

string TestStringReturn();

 

[OperationContract]

string TestCollectionParameter(List<string> data);

}

 

private static void TestConnectBasicHttpBinding()

{

var binding = new BasicHttpBinding

{

MaxBufferSize = Int32.MaxValue,

MaxReceivedMessageSize = Int32.MaxValue,

MaxBufferPoolSize = Int32.MaxValue,

TransferMode = TransferMode.Streamed,

SendTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10, 0),

ReceiveTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10, 0)

};

 

Console.WriteLine(“Connecting through basic HTTP channel.”);

 

var factory = new CustomChannelFactory<ITestService>(binding, “http://localhost/basic”);

 

var channel = factory.CreateChannel();

 

try

{

var x = channel.TestStringReturn();

 

Console.WriteLine(“Returned Value: {0}”, x);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

if (channel != null)

((IClientChannel)channel).Abort();

 

Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

}

}

The WCF configuration has too many things that not only look the same, but the declarative nature – while flexible – in most cases is just a pain in the ass and I found it easier to simply hard code the values as in my experience, they rarely change.

Anyway, setting up my WCF IIS host on a new development machine proved to be more involved than I initially credited it would be.

When setting up the IIS host for a WCF library you will need to create an SVC file.  But, this file extension may not be recognised by IIS – making things ‘tricky’. So here are some things to look out for in order:

• Try installing the ASP components from the Windows Components in Programs & Services.
• Try ServiceModelReg -ia to install all the WCF components onto your machine.
• Try asp net-regiis -i to install the handler configurations to IIS.
• Sometimes you get a problem where you do not have permissions to run the web application from the current – normally – default application pool.  So try setting the user account to LocalSystem in IIS for the corresponding application pool.

When delay/test signing your assemblies remember to run the follwing command before running unit tests:

sn -Vr myAssembly.dll

All my unit tests were failing because the .NET framework – and so the test runner – would not allow me to load an assembly that it considered to be tampered.  Delay/Test is essentially tampering, by signing the public key and allocating space for the private key.

So make sure to run the above command to configure the .NET framework to skip strong name verification for the delay/test signed assembly or application.

That was 2 hours wasted…..

I found it and need to log it:

{Program Files}\Microsoft SQL Server\100\SDK\Assemblies

“Invalid TraceListenerData type in configuration ‘listenerDataType=\”Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Database.Configuration.FormattedDatabaseTraceListenerData, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Database, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35\”‘

The reason I got this error was for two reasons:

1) Add the Enterprise Library Logging Application Block Data Provider assembly from the GAC

2) For some reason all new projects default to the .NET 4 Client Profile.  Change the project to be a full .NET 4 build via the project properties.  The client profile is preventing the application from picking up assemblies it requires.

How’s that for painful ball achingly annoying problems?  All because the Microsoft documentation – as always – is wholly inadequate…..

Error: Can't move 
Error: '[...]\\.svn\tmp\entries' 
Error: to 
Error: '[...]\\.svn\entries': 
Error: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

While there are other articles that tell you that this is a bug in Windows 7 and that a hotfix will solve it, I found that my anti virus/spyware was to blame.

TortoiseSVN  + Windows 7 + 64 Bit + Microsoft Security Essentials = <error>

If you switch off your antivirus/spyware, you may find this error disappears..

Follow instructions!!!