At last week's CONDG meeting I gave a lightning talk on Rhino.Mocks. Overall I think the talk went pretty well - the talk was voted second best of the night, following Jon Kruger's talk on LINQ to SQL. But that's OK with me. I knew a topic like mocking would be a hard one to cover in just 15 minutes. My goal was just to get people interested so they would go out and investigate some more on their own. And judging by the questions I got during the one minute Q&A at the end of my talk and the conversations I...

At next week's CONDG meeting I'll be giving a Lightning Talk on my favorite .net mocking framework, Rhino.Mocks. As I sat down to start planning my talk I realized I had a little problem - how do I cover such an extensive and powerful tool in just 15 minutes? The answer: I don't Even if I spewed out words at a rate comparable with a world-class auctioneer I still couldn't cover everything I wanted to. Off the top of my head... Mock vs. DynamicMock vs. PartialMock vs. Stub what's...

My local .NET developers group has been a loosely run non-organization since its inception. And yet, we’ve flourished. Right now the average attendance is around 50-60 people per meeting. But we’ve we outgrown our training wheels and it’s time to step up and officially get organized. CONDG (con-dug) Central Ohio .NET Developers Group This past week we officially filed the necessary paperwork to become a non-profit organization. Chairman of the Board Myself along with three of the other current leaders of the group were asked to serve as...