I no longer build C# apps

Okay so the title is slightly misleading, I'm still writing code in C# (.Net) but I'm no longer manually building the solution inside Visual Studio, no F5, no Ctrl+Shift+B...You might be thinking huh?What I mean is I no longer go round the continual cycle of write code, compile code, test code, refactor code etc. We've managed to remove the compile & test phases from the development process and I can't elaborate how liberating...

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Understanding RefCount in Reactive Extensions

A couple of weeks ago @LordHanson & I ran into an issue converting a stateless async service exposed as an Rx cold observable to a connect-able hot observable. The issue was solved after a couple of hours, what follows is how we how got there.The service is an Rx wrapper around the Caplin messaging API. The Caplin API is designed around the idea of opening a connection, subscribing on subjects and then receiving messages...

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Getting MSpec working with Visual Studio 2012 RC & R# 7 EAP

These are the steps are used to get MSpec working with the release candidate for Visual Studio 2012 and the EAP for Resharper 7.I'm using the build 64 (09/06/2012) of R# 7 EAP - latest releases can be found here.Firstly, I have the following MSpec style fixture shown below, as you can see the Resharper icons aren't showing up on the left hand side:The next step is to add the correct Nuget package for MSpec - you have to get the pre-release...

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