http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Hey - this looks great !! But it's not all good. Although the code is elegant and intuitive, it actually generating a MyFixture.designer.cs file, with all the ugly stuff hidden there. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment17http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment17Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:55:54 GMTThat was hilarious! I bet there's a few bright sparks at Microsoft wondering how their plans leaked out :) http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment16http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment16Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:41:19 GMT@Hammett, That was on purpose, I really didn't have three hours to write XML just for an april's fool joke. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment15http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment15Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:48:50 GMTHaha. Very Nice. I was just about to turn around to the developer next to me and start ranting about microsoft's most recent fubar when it dawned on me. Well done. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment14http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment14Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:41:22 GMTGuffaw! http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment13http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment13Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:43:04 GMTHa ha ha. Excellent work Ayende. I think what makes this April Fool's joke so good is its believability. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment12http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment12Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:33:45 GMTThe designer, codename RhinoHunter, may be officially released as Windows Mock Designer. Of course, as testing and mocking are enterprise things (not things average developers require) you'll need VSTS edition Mockup edition (ERP $8,000). This will include the prerequisites, Guidance Automation toolkit & the guidance automation extensions, thus allowing the rapid creation of Mock Recipes inside the IDE. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment11http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment11Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:21:55 GMTHi, Good ! MicrosoftEnterpriseMockingBlockApril1st() was a bit obvious. Thanks. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment10http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment10Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:43:35 GMT:-) http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment9http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment9Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:42:57 GMTNice one bro. It was a bit obvious from the get-go though :) And Jeremy is right, that's probably pretty nail-on-the-head to how MSFT will do it someday. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment8http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment8Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:04:51 GMTBoy, I laughed so much I nearly lost my breath. Nice one! http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment7http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment7Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:48:50 GMTYikes! Like Hammett said, you know there's actually going to be more XML when they produce it. ;-) http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment6http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment6Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:37:03 GMTApril fools or a replacement for Rhino? I say a well written blog entry. I'll stick with Rhino thanks. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment5http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment5Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:35:49 GMTAs usual, Microsoft are just copying ideas taken from the Java world. See this [announcement](http://www.mockobjects.com/2007/03/announcing-commonstesting-and.html)http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment4http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment4Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:39:33 GMTSorry, dude, you failed to capture the verbosity that MS puts on their EE XMLs. And btw, that's a good thing. :-) http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment3http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment3Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:09:08 GMTYou know, that's exactly how they'd do it too. I'm almost horrified to see how much design time goop their new MVC web framework will end up with. http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment2http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment2Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:39:23 GMTApril Fool's Day to you too : - D http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment1http://ayende.com/2276/microsoft-enterprise-mocking-block#comment1Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:08:46 GMT