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In celebration of Thanksgiving tomorrow, i thought i would list out some of things that i am thankful for in the development world. Open source tools RhinoMocks NUnit StructureMap Reflector The great blogs of the blogosphere Having 3 monitors (sooo much better than 2, trust me) Writing fun meaningful...
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As I am sure most of you are aware, Microsoft has released the VS 2008 IDE to MSDN subscribers yesterday. I decided to give it a download and take it for a twirl. I thought I would must dump a few random thoughts from my hour or so of 'playing' with it. It appears to be running MUCH faster. However...
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This post is just a quick rant, brain dump, food for thought or what ever. If you ever need to make changes to existing code base, and you need to remove old code. DELETE IT, don't EVER COMMENT IT OUT AND LEAVE IT FOR THE NEXT GUY (yes, I am trying to yell) I don't know how many times I stumble...
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I'm sure that everyone has heard the riddle ' If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?' . This riddle is all about observation and knowledge of reality. Well, I have a riddle for software teams following TDD. 'If a build fails and no-one fixes...
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As someone how has been designing and developing WinForms based applications for the past 7+ years, I have learned that subclassing UI controls is a must. You may be thinking, why would I want to subclass a text box? Or a combo box? The answer is simple, the better future proof your app. How many times...
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This is WAY off topic here, but I just have to say this. Our society is way too connected. We have everything from 5 year olds with cell phones and 85 year olds with blog postings. But sometimes we need to just put the Blackberry down for a 3 minutes. A few weeks ago I was in the men's room and another...
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Recently I was asked about backing in unit tests into an existing project. In particular I was asked A) was possible and B) is it worth it. In short my answers to both these are Yes and Yes. However, backing in unit tests is not without its challenges. I thought today I would go express my experiences...
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In my last post I think I struck a cord with some people in my post 'Unit tests taking too much time'. My intent was NOT to sound like an elitist Agilist or any else of that nature. My intent was simply to put a post out there about the misperception (in my opinion) about how writing unit tests...
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I was chatting with a buddy of mine yesterday who recently has started a new job. His new company has built a new team to start a 'green field' project and they are currently in the 'debate' stage of planning. The team is currently trying to decide what tools, technology, methodology...
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Today Dell announced its plans to go Carbon Neutral (wiki info here ). Personally i think this is pretty cool.... However, I am a little skeptical if they (or anyone else) will really follow through. You can read the article here . Till next time,
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I have been using 2 monitors in some shape or form for the past 3+ years. In the early days it was a CRT attached to my laptop, then I moved to an LCD attached to the laptop. Finally, when I worked on desktops I used 2 LCD's. With this said, I am a HUGH fan of dual screens. I personally know it improves...
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This is in response to a post by my good buddy joeyDotNet (found here ). Joey has an obvious but insightful post about how a software craftsman should bring their own tools with them to make them more productive. In his post he specially talks about carrying his own keyboard form place to place (even...
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Today Apple announced a new version of their iPod, the 'touch'. It appears to be the iPhone minus the phone part. It looks pretty cool. You can get some information about the touch from Apple's site here . I just happen to be in the market for a new iPod, maybe I should wait till this comes...
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So today I finally took the first test on the path to getting my MCTS Cert. This was the 70-536 test which is the first test in their new series for .net developers. Yea, I passed the first one, that SUCKED. I, along with the others on my team have been studying for this test for the past 2+ months....
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In my last post ( here ) I spoke about different do’s and don’ts when it comes to logging bugs. What I really did not hit on was the different types of questions I feel should be asked when logging bugs. Here are my questions, in no particular order. Platform Application Version # Environment Title Short...