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For automated deployments of BizTalk application, I am using MsBuild scripts packaged with compiled BizTalk artifacts. Build scripts are in NAnt. I wanted from NAnt build script to update MsBuild deployment script.

There are a few ways to test BizTalk Custom Pipelines out there. If you want automatically execute pipeline on input and verify it’s not exploding, you can leverage TestableSendPipeline coming along with BT projects.

Automated builds are an essential part of Continuous Integration. Definition commonly found is

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I had to look into a project that submits large files to WCF service. Implementation is based on data chunking. This is a good approach when your client and server are not both based on WCF, bud different technologies.

This is something trivial, yet got me to think for a little. I had two checksums, one received from a client invoking a service, another one calculated once data sent into service is received. Checksums are plain arrays of bytes. I wanted to have comparison to be expressed as simple as possible. Quick google search brought me to a post that dealt with the same issue. But linq expression was too chatty and I think the solution was a bit muddy.

Robert C. Martin gave a nice presentation on InfoQ, highly recommended.

Yesterday I watched Food Inc. documentary movie. And this morning, hours after watching it, on the radio they announce salads recall – Salmonella bacteria contamination. Wonderful. Another proof of house mass production (and not just food) can go and goes wrong. The movie is highly recommended.