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Why We Should Care About Software Craftsmanship. Part 2

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:27:35 GMT

Gael Fraiteur analyzes criticisms of software craftsmanship and attempts to distill the core values of this movement. He agrees with David Harvey that the word 'craftsmanship' is inappropriate to describe our values, and suggests that associations such as IEEE, ACM or Toastmasters may provide inspiration for further action.

Why Comments Are Evil and Pair Programming

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:36:06 GMT

In this episode Keith and Woody sit down with friend and traveling developer Corey Haines. Here's a question, how many times have you written comments in your code? Probably a lot! In this show Corey gives some valid reasons why developers shouldn't have comments in their code. The guys also discuss pair programming, what it is, how it is done, and the benefits of doing it.

Nathaniel Talbott - How I Got Started In Programming

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:50:01 GMT

Nathaniel Tablott, author of the widely used Test::Unit Ruby testing framework, tells how he got started in programming.

Scott Gowell - How I Got Started in Programming

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:38:36 GMT

Scott Gowell, a developer at TechSmith corporation, tells how he got started in programming.

Darryl Hogan - How I Got Started In Programming

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:17:01 GMT

Rick Schummer, FoxPro developer and organizer of Southwest Fox Conference, sits down with Corey and tells his story of how he got started in programming.

"Quality Doesn't Matter That Much" -- Jeff and Joel

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:16:02 GMT

I was riding my exercise bike, listening to Stack Overflow #38 when I heard Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky say "Quality just doesn't matter that much." I nearly fell off my bike.

Rick Schummer - How I Got Started In Programming

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:08:26 GMT

Rick Schummer, FoxPro developer and organizer of Southwest Fox Conference, sits down with Corey and tells his story of how he got started in programming.

Chris Koenig - How I Got Started In Programming

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:06:30 GMT

Chris Koenig, FoxPro MVP, was interviewed on how he got started in programming. Great video!

Michael Eaton - How I Got Started In Programming

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:21:25 GMT

Michael Eaton was interviewed on how he got started in programming. Great video!

Visual Studio Macro: Modify Text Editor Font Size

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:01:03 GMT

Increasing or decreasing the font size of your code in Visual Studio's text editor is almost required whenever VS is fired up on a projector. Anyone who has had to demo code, or give a talk at a user group, or present new technologies to their team has experienced the pain of increasing the font size through the Tools -> Options menu. Using Visual Studio Macros that increase/decrease the font size, this pain can be overcome.

Don't use Delete Links because they create Security Holes

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:46:02 GMT

Reasons why you shouldn't use a Delete link in your web application

Playing with JSON

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:46:22 GMT

Josh Holmes digs into JSON with Silverlight and a few JSON frameworks... Check out the article to see Silverlight leveraging JSON with System.Json, LINQ and more. There's even samples in raw JavaScript, MSAjax, Prototype and JQuery. Finally he ended it all up by mixing JQuery and Silverlight. That was fun and remarkably simple.

S#arp Architecture Beta 1.0 now available!

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:01:02 GMT

Bill McCafferty announces the beta release of S#arp Architecture, a foundation for building ASP.NET MVC application with NHibernate, complete with support for testing, IoC, and validation.

Michael Kimsal - How I Got Started In Programming

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:39:33 GMT

Michael Kimsal of WedDevRadio was interviewed on how he got started in programming. Great video!

Nate Hoellein - How I Got Started In Programming

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:46:02 GMT

Nate Hoellein was interviewed on how he got started in programming. Great video!

Richard Campbell - How I Got Started In Programming

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:46:02 GMT

Richard Campbell of DotNetRocks was interviewed on how he got started in programming. Great video!

Carl Franklin - How I Got Started In Programming

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:31:02 GMT

Carl Franklin of DotNetRocks was interviewed on how he got started in programming. Great video!

Dear Asp.Net Developers: Stop Making Our Technology Look Bad

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:01:11 GMT

Have you ever tried to use one browser and one browser only? This article outlines how impossible it can be even in 2008 to do. There are countless public facing Asp.Net web sites that require Internet Explorer. The perception and impact this has on the non Asp.Net community is something developers need to think about. It is an interesting read that provides a lot of insight into the problem and some ways to fix it.

Alt.net certification

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:47:02 GMT

The necessary next step in Alt.net: Certification!