Leaving It Better Than You Found It(www.kevgriffin.com)

submitted by 1kevgriff(70) 2 years ago

When my wife and I bought our house back in April, one of my pet projects has been to renovate the room over our garage. I knew buying the house that it would be a lot of work, partly because the previous owner didn’t know what he was doing when finishing a room. I’ve spent the last week and half sanding, mudding, and fixing all the walls in this room. While sanding some dried mud tonight, I had a thought about how this experience was a lot like building software. read more...

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How to measure quality in your software deliveries(justanothersoftwareengineer.blogspot.com)

submitted by kerbou(295) 2 years, 3 months ago

Are you struggling at work measuring the quality of your software deliveries? Read this blogpost and you'll quickly be able to define what parts of your codebase you should pay the most attention to and whether it needs improvement or not. Got a load of questions about software quality and no answers? They are just one click away.... read more...

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Improving code quality – 2 ways to go(blog.decayingcode.com)

submitted by arch4ngel(585) 2 years, 7 months ago

I’ve been thinking about this for at least a week or two. In fact, it’s been since I started (and finished) reading the book “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin. There is probably only two way to go. read more...

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The Curious Case of Software Quality(nayyeri.net)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 years, 11 months ago

Keyvan writes about the current "principles and qualiy vs common-sense and do the quickest possible solution" and tries to understand why developers tend to prefer the "quick and dirty" vs the "clean and polished" solution. read more...

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What I want With the Web(dreamxtream.wordpress.com)

submitted by saqibku(10) 3 years, 6 months ago

Things (very very) important on the web other than AJAX and Web 2.0 read more...

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The devil is in the details (Visual Studio Team System test policy)(blog.maartenballiauw.be)

submitted by maartenba(5845) 3 years, 8 months ago

What if you have a Team Project with 2 solutions in 1 team project it? How can I enforce the check-in policy to run tests from solution A only when something in solution A is checked in, tests from solution B with solution B changes, ... read more...

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An Insurgence of Quality: The Trials of Making High-Quality Software (timoni.org)

submitted by powerrush(3873) 3 years, 8 months ago

* Programmers are craftsmen. As craftsmen, they work to a quality line, NOT a deadline. * Software is not industrial. It is not a product that has a direct correlation between quantity and value. * Because it is both a craft and a replicatable product, software has both elements of pre-industrial (ie craftsmanship) and post-industrial products. * Programmers do not respect authority, only ability. * There is programmer calculus: “We have two different opinions. You have one vote. I, being smarter and more well-informed, have two votes.” * Programmers are quick to adapt when it makes sense. read more...

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Detailed code metrics with NDepend(blog.maartenballiauw.be)

submitted by maartenba(5845) 3 years, 8 months ago

A while ago, I blogged about code performance analysis in Visual Studio 2008. Using profiling and hot path tracking, I measured code performance and was able to react to that. Last week, Patrick Smacchia contacted me asking if I wanted to test his project NDepend. He promised me NDepend would provide more insight in my applications. Let's test that! read more...

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New Team Foundation Server projects on CodePlex!(blog.maartenballiauw.be)

submitted by maartenba(5845) 3 years, 9 months ago

There's always time to browse CodePlex! It is actually a good thing to do that from time to time. In the past few days, I spotted two great new projects on Team Foundation Server. Thumbs up for their authors! read more...

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NStatic(formpage.de)

submitted by marcoow(185) 5 years ago

NStatic seems to be a really promising code analysis tool that goes way deeper than other tools like FxCop or ReSharper. read more...

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6 Software Tips For Hardware Makers(haacked.com)

submitted by Haacked(5105) 5 years ago

Scott Rosenberg's recent book, Dreaming In Code suggests that software development dysfunctional. If software written by software companies is so bad, then what about software written by hardware companies? This post provides six simple tips for hardware developers to get back on track and win over customers. It doesn't have to be this bad. read more...

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