#26: Replaced CodePlexUrl by new GitHub url for downloads.

Source/Terminals/Terminals.csproj

@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\Resources\Libraries\mstsc\AxInterop.MSTSCLib.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.2\lib\net40\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations" />
     <Reference Include="System.configuration" />
@@ -1288,7 +1291,9 @@
       <Link>Thumbs\wmimgmt.msc.jpg</Link>
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <None Include="packages.config">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </None>
     <None Include="Resources\amber.png" />
     <Content Include="Resources\application_user.png" />
     <Content Include="Resources\back.png" />

Source/Terminals/Updates/UpdateManager.cs

@@ -1,32 +1,50 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Terminals.Properties;
 using Unified.Rss;
 
 namespace Terminals.Updates
 {
-    internal class UpdateManager
+    public class Release
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Url to releases Rss feed, where the Terminals releases are published
-        /// </summary>
-        private const string RSS_URL = "http://terminals.codeplex.com/project/feeds/rss?ProjectRSSFeed=codeplex%3A%2F%2Frelease%2FTerminals&ProjectName=terminals";
+        [JsonProperty("tag_name")]
+        public string TagName { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonProperty("name")]
 
-        private readonly Func<RssFeed> readReleases;
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonProperty("published_at")]
+
+        public DateTime Published { get; set; }
+    }
 
-        public UpdateManager() : this(ReadReleases)
+    internal class UpdateManager
+    {
+        private readonly Func<string> readReleases;
+
+        public UpdateManager() : this(DownloadReleases)
         {
         }
 
-        internal UpdateManager(Func<RssFeed> readReleases)
+        internal UpdateManager(Func<string> readReleases)
         {
             this.readReleases = readReleases;
         }
 
-        private static RssFeed ReadReleases()
+        private static string DownloadReleases()
         {
-           return  RssFeed.Read(RSS_URL);
+            using (var client = new WebClient())
+            {
+                const string agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; Trident / 6.0)";
+                client.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");
+                client.Headers.Add("User-Agent", agent);
+                return client.DownloadString(Settings.Default.ReleasesUrl);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -82,23 +100,23 @@ private ReleaseInfo TryCheckForCodeplexRelease(DateTime buildDate)
 
         private ReleaseInfo DownLoadLatestReleaseInfo(DateTime buildDate)
         {
-            RssFeed feed = this.readReleases();
+            string downloaded = this.readReleases();
+            Release[] feed = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Release[]>(downloaded);
+
             if (feed != null)
             {
-                RssItem newvestRssItem = SelectNewvestRssRssItem(feed, buildDate);
+                Release newvestRssItem = SelectNewvestRssRssItem(feed, buildDate);
                 if (newvestRssItem != null)
-                    return new ReleaseInfo(newvestRssItem.PubDate, newvestRssItem.Title);
+                    return new ReleaseInfo(newvestRssItem.Published, newvestRssItem.TagName);
             }
 
             return ReleaseInfo.NotAvailable;
         }
 
-        private static RssItem SelectNewvestRssRssItem(RssFeed feed, DateTime buildDate)
+        private static Release SelectNewvestRssRssItem(Release[] feed, DateTime buildDate)
         {
-            return feed.Channels.OfType<RssChannel>()
-                       .SelectMany(chanel => chanel.Items.OfType<RssItem>())
-                       .Where(item => IsNewerThanCurrent(item, buildDate))
-                       .OrderByDescending(selected => selected.PubDate)
+            return feed.Where(item => IsNewerThanCurrent(item, buildDate))
+                       .OrderByDescending(selected => selected.Published)
                        .FirstOrDefault();
         }
 
@@ -107,14 +125,14 @@ private static RssItem SelectNewvestRssRssItem(RssFeed feed, DateTime buildDate)
         /// This filters the updates on release page after the release was published.
         /// Obtains the real date from the title.
         /// </summary>
-        private static bool IsNewerThanCurrent(RssItem item, DateTime buildDate)
+        private static bool IsNewerThanCurrent(Release item, DateTime buildDate)
         {
             // rss item published date
-            if (item.PubDate < buildDate)
+            if (item.Published < buildDate)
                 return false;
 
             const string DATE_FILTER = @"([^\(]+)\((?<Date>[^\(\)]+)\)"; // Select string iside brackets as "Date" group
-            string titleDate = Regex.Match(item.Title, DATE_FILTER).Groups["Date"].Value;
+            string titleDate = Regex.Match(item.Name, DATE_FILTER).Groups["Date"].Value;
             DateTime releaseDate;
             // there is no culture specification when downloading the feed, so it is always EN
             DateTime.TryParse(titleDate, out releaseDate);

Source/Terminals/packages.config

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 <packages>
   <package id="EntityFramework" version="5.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="FluentValidation" version="6.2.1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.2" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>

Source/Tests/UpdateManagerTest.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 using Terminals.Configuration;
 using Terminals.Updates;
 using Tests.FilePersisted;
-using Unified.Rss;
 
 namespace Tests
 {
@@ -73,21 +72,19 @@ private ReleaseInfo RunUpdateCheck()
             return updateManager.CheckForCodeplexRelease(this.buildDate);
         }
 
-        private RssFeed CreateRss()
+        private string CreateRss()
         {
+            const string downloaded = @"
+[
+{{
+    ""name"": ""Title({0})"",
+    ""tag_name"": ""1.0.0"",
+    ""published_at"": ""{0}""
+}}
+]";
             DateTime currentRelease = new DateTime(2010, 1, 3, 1, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
 
-            var feed = new RssFeed();
-            var chanel = new RssChannel();
-            var release = new RssItem()
-            {
-                PubDate = currentRelease,
-                Title = string.Format("Title ({0})", currentRelease)
-            };
-            chanel.Items.Add(release);
-            feed.Channels.Add(chanel);
-
-            return feed;
+            return string.Format(downloaded, currentRelease);
         }
 
         private void AssertLastUpdateCheck()