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3/13/2006 11:06 AM
 
Jeff Deville

Joined: 10/28/2004
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Ok, so I'm getting into DNN pretty seriously now. I'd like to use llblgen and I'm wondering what everyone is finding to be the best strategy for development. As an example to compare/contrast, please take a look at this excellent tutorial on CodeProject:

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/Creating_A_DNNModule.asp

This outlines how things are done w/ the standard model of development. I changed the following pieces to use LLBL:

1. Use LLBL to generate code, but altered project properties to look for the key: SiteSqlServer in the web.config instead of the default Main.ConnectionString.
2. Removed the GuestBookInfo class and used LLBL's GuestBookEntity instead
3. Added LLBL ref's to solution
4. Altered the code in the DataProvider (abstract and SQL) to accept GuestBookEntity objects instead of the individual properties that comprise the GuestBookEntity where applicable. (Just seemed easier)
5. Altered GuestBookController class to return EntityCollections instead of List<GuestBookInfo>
6. Removed the Object Data Source objects, and went back to old-school databinding.

I have a few concerns about this entire process, the biggest one is unit testing. (This is really a DNN question more than LLBL). Is there a way to test your code when you develop directly in the web project? It seems like developing in external projects would let me test, but would make it a pain to view the modules in the portal. Does anyone have any of their own preferred workflows that they'd like to share?

Bert, if you're reading this, I saw you mentioned on another forum that you had a CodeSmith template that consumed your llbl project file to create your modules. I couldn't find it here, so perhaps if you could post a link?
 
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