A TDD success story(jonkruger.com)

submitted by david_holland(605) 1 year, 9 months ago

A real world story about how test-driven development led to a highly successful project. read more...

add a comment |category: Unit Testing |Views: 11

tags: Testing another

Done means Done(jonkruger.com)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 9 months ago

A great post about setting realistic expectations when developing software. In many cases, we're even fooling ourselves sometimes. read more...

add a comment |category: Tips & Tricks |Views: 14

tags: Tips another

Why should you care about test driven development?(tddbootcamp.com)

submitted by david_holland(605) 2 years ago

You’ve been writing software for many years. You’ve worked on several different projects that were very important to your company, and you were able to deliver them on time. So why should you change the way that you write code? I was in the same place at one time, but now I’ve found a better way. read more...

add a comment |category: Unit Testing |Views: 6

tags: Testing another

Deep Fried Bytes 52: Learning Dark Arts of Debugging from Scott Walker(deepfriedbytes.com)

submitted by cwoodruff(780) 2 years, 1 month ago

Have you always wanted to learn more about debugging your software? Or just really want to know what your software is doing especially when it has bugs? We have a treat for you. In this episode, Keith and Woody sat down with Scott Walker to get some tips and tricks for setting up a debugging environment first and then how to use the tools properly to fix those nasty errors your customers and users keep having. read more...

add a comment |category: Other |Views: 203

tags: another

Visual Studio 2010 Keyboard Shortcuts Poster(www.devcurry.com)

submitted by mopen(3596) 2 years, 1 month ago

You can now download the reference cards (available as print ready pdf’s) for the default keybindings in Visual Studio 2010 for Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++ and Visual F# over here read more...

add a comment |category: Visual Studio |Views: 705

tags: VisualStudio another

Comparing and Contrasting Moq and Rhino Mocks(blog.stevehorn.cc)

submitted by david_holland(605) 2 years, 2 months ago

My friend Jon is starting a training course in an effort to quickly bring developers up to speed on test driven development. As part of this effort, he has developed a unit test suite aimed at helping folks understand Rhino Mocks, a popular testing tool. After looking through the tests and seeing a lot of the Rhino API that I wasn’t familiar with, I wondered if there were similar undiscovered nooks in my favorite mocking framework: Moq. read more...

add a comment |category: Unit Testing |Views: 56

tags: Testing another

How to use Rhino Mocks - documented through tests(jonkruger.com)

submitted by david_holland(605) 2 years, 2 months ago

I wanted to come up with a way to show people how to use Rhino Mocks (other than telling them to read the documentation). What better way to do this than by showing you how it works through a bunch of simple unit tests that document how Rhino Mocks works? read more...

add a comment |category: Unit Testing |Views: 31

tags: Testing another

Working with WCF: Part One: Introduction and Your First Service(jamescbender.com)

submitted by JamesCBender(749) 2 years, 2 months ago

I’ve been playing with WCF since .NET 3 came out. Sometimes I have to be reminded that not everybody is as familiar with all it’s “cob-webby corners” as I am. And that’s OK. Often (too often) I encounter someone who has NEVER used WCF and doesn’t even know where to begin.That’s not so OK. read more...

add a comment |category: WCF |Views: 576

tags: WCF another

Composition versus Inheritance(www.lostechies.com)

submitted by ChrisMissal(145) 2 years, 3 months ago

Discusses the benefit of Composition versus Inheritance. Touches on IoC Containers and how they can help you achieve more granular bits of code that make your applications more flexible and easier to maintain. read more...

add a comment |category: Patterns |Views: 636

tags: Patterns another

The business value of test-driven development(jonkruger.com)

submitted by david_holland(605) 2 years, 4 months ago

Most businesses are creating software for one primary reason — to make money. In order to make money, we need software that meets the needs of the business and can be developed and maintained in a reasonable amount of time with a high level of quality. Test-driven development is a discipline that will help you achieve these goals. read more...

add a comment |category: Unit Testing |Views: 8

tags: Testing another

Make TDD your meal ticket in 2010(jonkruger.com)

submitted by david_holland(605) 2 years, 5 months ago

It’s almost the time of the year where people start making new year’s resolutions and setting goals for the upcoming year. Allow me to propose something for your list: make TDD your meal ticket in 2010. read more...

add a comment |category: ALT.NET |Views: 9

tags: ALT.NET another

Make your project pluggable with StructureMap(jonkruger.com)

submitted by hgarcia(1534) 2 years, 6 months ago

Hot ot use custom conventions to make your Ioc live easy. read more...

add a comment |category: C# |Views: 17

tags: C# another

It’s Okay To Write Unit Tests(codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 6 months ago

A few simple reasons why you should be writing unit tests. read more...

add a comment |category: Unit Testing |Views: 377

tags: Testing another

ReSharper 5.0 Overview(blogs.jetbrains.com)

submitted by nihi_l_ist(110) 2 years, 7 months ago

As promised, we’re publishing a general ReSharper 5.0 overview, elaborating on its feature set. Please keep in mind that this is a preliminary document. The general picture will stay unchanged, but local amendments cannot be ruled out at this point, and many user interface items will probably change. read more...

2 comments |category: Visual Studio |Views: 753

tags: VisualStudio another

Why I don’t like hand rolled data access layers(jonkruger.com)

submitted by david_holland(605) 2 years, 7 months ago

In my last post, I mentioned that I think that hand rolled data access layers using stored procedures are a bad thing, and one of my co-workers asked me to elaborate. read more...

add a comment |category: ALT.NET |Views: 9

tags: ALT.NET another

My first foray into Ruby on Rails(jonkruger.com)

submitted by mgroves(260) 2 years, 7 months ago

I finally broke down, set aside some time, and learned Ruby on Rails. My previous experience had been the Ruby Koans, random discussions with people, and a couple quick demos. So basically I knew Ruby, but not Rails. read more...

add a comment |category: ALT.NET |Views: 8

tags: ALT.NET another