A Software Craftsman’s Bookshelf(blog.goeran.no)

submitted by GOEran(380) 3 years ago

Every now and then I get the question about what books I recommend on the topic of programming and software development. As I try to practice the DRY (Don‘t repeat yourself) principle while writing code, I‘ll also intend to do it in real life. And by answering this question in form of a blog post, I‘ll be able to redirect future questioners here. read more...

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The best way to learn new API’s; TDD!(blog.goeran.no)

submitted by GOEran(380) 3 years ago

In this post I will tell you a story about how I used TDD (Test Driven Development) to learn new a new API, and how I successfully managed to accomplish my task before expected, and delivered 100% working code (no defects), even though I did something I’ve never done before – interested? I thought so ;) read more...

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Ten steps on how to store Git repositories in Live Mesh!(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 3 years ago

Use Live Mesh to host your repositories. It gives you over 5 GB of space and it’s completely free. read more...

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Training to become a ReSharper Samurai - Code Navigation(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 3 years, 4 months ago

Another episode in the series on becoming a ReSharper Samurai. In this episode we will focus on various ways to use ReSharper to navigate your code, we take a look at the following features. 1. Navigate to file/type/member 2. Go to definition/declaration 3. Show list of implementers 4. Find usages within code 5. Quick Scrolling to methods/properties 6. Display parameter information 7. much, much more read more...

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Inversion of Control Containers(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 3 years, 4 months ago

Learn how you can create your own simple IOC container. read more...

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Murder mysteries and Dependency Injection(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 3 years, 5 months ago

Another explaination of dependency injection, but done in a way that is easy to grasp. read more...

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You shouldn't use a electronic storyboard(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 3 years, 6 months ago

When doing a sprint planning you should avoid using a electronic storyboard. My experience is that you end up with one person, probably the scrum master, running the whole show. read more...

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How to sell TDD(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 3 years, 7 months ago

Everyone is into TDD these days. Right? If you want to call yourself a serious developer, you need to write unit tests. Blogs and seminars are filling your head with: "TDD or loose your night sleep". "TDD or write tons of documentation". "TDD or have a crappy design". I could go on forever... read more...

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Model View Presenter explained(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 3 years, 10 months ago

It's time to have a look at the MVP pattern again. read more...

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Design Patterns - Command Pattern(blog.cumps.be)

submitted by CumpsD(360) 3 years, 10 months ago

What’s a lonely geek to do late in the evening? Write about the Command Pattern of course… Let’s start with the definition: “Encapsulate a request as an object, thereby letting you parameterize clients with different requests, queue or log requests, and support undo-able operations.“ read more...

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When in Rome, try to improve(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 3 years, 10 months ago

Have you ever worked with people who uses this phrase a lot: "We have always done it this way, so why should we do it any different now?". read more...

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How lambda expressions can replace anonymous methods(blog.fossmo.net)

submitted by fossmo(95) 4 years ago

This post will introduced the syntax of a lambda expression and how it can replace anonymous methods. read more...

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LINQ Farm: LINQ Sets(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 5 years, 4 months ago

This is the sixth in a series of articles on LINQ. In this post the focus will be on the LINQ Set operators. Near the end of the post I include a short section on the importance of choosing the best operator for a particular task. Please see the links at the bottom of this post to retrieve the code. read more...

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Intellisense for SQL Server with Red-Gate's Free SQL Prompt(icodeable.com)

submitted by Quiziqal(350) 5 years, 4 months ago

Red-Gate Software's free SQL Prompt tool provides Intellisense capabilities in SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, Visual Studio 2003 & 2005 and even UltraEdit. read more...

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Tree Surgeon - Development Tree Generator(confluence.public.thoughtworks.org)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 5 years, 7 months ago

Have you ever spent a few days setting up a new development tree? Have you ever spent several days setting up several development trees? Have you even spent weeks trying to perfect all your development trees using a set of best practices? If the answer to any of the above answers is 'yes', then you'll like Tree Surgeon! Tree Surgeon is a .NET development tree generator. Just give it the name of your project, and it will set up a development tree for you in seconds. More than that, your new tree has years worth of accumulated build engineering experience built right in. Give Tree Surgeon a spin today! read more...

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Organizing Unit Tests and Projects With Solution Folders(codebetter.com)

submitted by JimBolla(130) 5 years, 7 months ago

Rather than letting the alphabetical nature of the Solution Explorer drive my naming conventions, I will typically toss my tests in a separate Solutions Folder that separates it from the rest of the core code, etc. read more...

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