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Switching to a Different User Inside a Unit Test

Update: Re-published from old blog I found a need yesterday to test some code in particular security contexts. After some (as always) prompt guidance from the altdotnet mailing list, I had the (as it turns out) all too simple solution. xUnit includes...

Published 04-15-2008 6:51 PM by Jak Charlton

Filed under: TDD, C#, Sample Code, .NET
Software is a Wicked Problem

A Wicked Problem, roughly speaking, has a number of properties: The problem is not understood until after the formulation of a solution. Wicked problems have no stopping rule. Solutions to wicked problems are not right or wrong. Every wicked problem is...

Published 08-04-2009 2:06 PM by Jak Charlton

Filed under: Rants
The Largest Wicked Problem in Software is Politics and Management

I previously wrote a post stating that Software is a Wicked Problem , and indeed it is. There is a bigger Wicked Problem that affects software projects though, that of Politics and Management. While there are at least technical solutions to most software...

Published 08-25-2009 12:40 PM by Jak Charlton

Filed under: Rants, wicked problem
I've Moved!

After a nice offer to join the blog roll at devlicio.us I have decided to retire my existing blog at http://blog.goinsane.co.uk/ , and move across to devlicio.us for my blogging. I see this as an opportunity to rant at a new audience ... but I may post...

Published 05-01-2008 3:03 PM by Jak Charlton

Filed under: Rants
Twitter Went And Stuffed Replies!

I'm not going to spend too much time describing the problem ... Kevin Pang has done so admirably here , however I do want to mention this "small" change as it directly affects a new site I am building right now to work over Twitter. Twitter's...

Published 05-13-2009 7:48 AM by Jak Charlton

Filed under: Rants, Twitter
Welcome to Hadi Hariri

I am pleased to say that after a bit of gentle persuasion, one of my favourite Twitterers , general top notch blogger and all around good egg Hadi Hariri is joining us as a new blogger on devlicio.us He has a wealth of experience, but I kept forgetting...

Published 10-14-2009 9:40 AM by Jak Charlton
I Got Bored Yesterday

Maybe something to do with lack of sleep, but I decided to use my middle name, Jak, from now on instead of Casey. So if you wonder why on earth you are following somebody you don't recognise ... it could be me.

Published 05-08-2009 8:46 AM by Jak Charlton

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Software is a Wicked Problem

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I've Moved!

Twitter Went And Stuffed Replies!

Welcome to Hadi Hariri

I Got Bored Yesterday