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Creating a Generic Type at Runtime

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Chuck Conway

I have a type (at runtime), I want to use it with an IOC container (in this case StructureMap) to find a generic implementation using this type. How do I do that? It’s simpler than you’d think: Type genericType = typeof (AbstractValidator); Type type = genericType.MakeGenericType(bindingContext.ModelType); //Structure Map container var instance = _container.GetInstance(type);

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Deploying with MsDeploy Outside of Visual Studio

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Chuck Conway

Building the msdeploy package with MSBuild. This requires MsDeploy to be installed on the build machine. MSBUILD /T:Package /P:Configuration=QA;PackageLocation=”C:\Build\Artifacts\eserve\DEV\QA\QA.zip” Deploying the package with MsDeploy to a web site How to get the msdeploy command. -source:package=’C:BuildArtifactseserveDEVQAQA.zip’ -dest:auto,ComputerName=’https://eserve-dev.sacda.org:8172/MsDeploy.axd?site=eserve-dev’,UserName=’conwayc’,Password=’austin_1′,IncludeAcls=’False’,AuthType=’Basic’ -verb:sync -disableLink:AppPoolExtension -disableLink:ContentExtension -disableLink:CertificateExtension -allowUntrusted -retryAttempts=2 Copying the package with ROBOCOPY Copying the package to another folder with robocopy…

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All UTC times are not necessarily the same

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Chuck Conway

A friend pointed out that all UTC Time is not the same. When he told me, I responded with “What!?! What are you talking about? It’s the same.” “No it’s not” he said. He explained, that yes using UTC will allot you an agreed upon time format but that does not guarantee that both server’s…

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2 minutes on Migrating Data

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Chuck Conway

I had a great talk with my friend Dave today. He’s a Data Scientist. He knows his stuff, for sure. We talked about a number of things, but one that really stuck out was data migration. He says never to migrate via code, use a tool. You are reinventing the wheel. You are locked into…

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