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Notes on code, architecture and quality.

Articles by Patrick Schadler on C#, .NET, Microsoft Azure, design patterns and software quality.


2 min read

The Factory Method pattern in C#

How the Factory Method keeps object creation out of your business logic — and when it is not worth the extra type.

  • C#
  • Design Patterns
  • .NET


2 min read

The Factory Method pattern in C#

How the Factory Method keeps object creation out of your business logic — and when it is not worth the extra type.

  • C#
  • Design Patterns
  • .NET


1 min read

Unit tests with mocks in C# — and where they stop helping

Mocks make dependencies cheap to test around. They also make it easy to write tests that pass while the code is broken.

  • C#
  • Testing
  • .NET


1 min read

Unit tests with mocks in C# — and where they stop helping

Mocks make dependencies cheap to test around. They also make it easy to write tests that pass while the code is broken.

  • C#
  • Testing
  • .NET