Has Visual Studio caused the end of The World yet?(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 1 year, 11 months ago

If this error dialog is any indication... read more...

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Context and Best Practices(www.lostechies.com)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years ago

The Right Way versus the Better Way; Default Architectures; Starting Small read more...

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OMG, Better Rake (for .net)!(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 2 months ago

If you ask me, when it comes tools for writing automated build scripts nothing packs more bang for the buck than Rake. Until recently, using Rake to build .net solutions required a magic concoction of hacked together scripts which rarely exhibited Ruby’s appreciation for beauty nor Rake’s spirit of simplicity. ... and then came Albacore... read more...

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Reading Code is Key to Writing Good Code(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 2 months ago

Software product development is a creative activity taking place in the midst of that complex and adaptive world. So let's take a page from other creative professions (musicians, artists, etc.) and study the work of others, both within and outside our field, to help improve our own work. read more...

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Being Lazy with Rake(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 8 months ago

Stop working so hard. Let Rake do the menial stuff for you! read more...

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Toward a Better Use of Context/Specification(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 8 months ago

have you hand-rolled your own base class for your Context/Specification style specs? Curious whats different between a Context/Specification base class and a typical unit testing base class? read on... read more...

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A Little More Sugar for Testing Routes in asp.net MVC(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years ago

Building on the Fluent Route Testing from MVC Contrib, this is another extension for testing ignored Routes. read more...

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Saving the World via… TDD?(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years ago

A quick snippet of code showing the gist of the Context/Specification pattern... and ensuring we won't need John Connor's help after all. read more...

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When Should I Write Tests?(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 1 month ago

The definitive answer to a question that comes up all the time... read more...

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KazenConf Resources are Coming Online(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 2 months ago

Even though the Continuous Improvement in Software Development Conference may be over, there is still much work being done to distill and distribute the knowledge, value, and magic that happened made KaizenConf 2008 the great success it was. The community is working hard to process and upload several hundred Gigabytes of video, we promise! Steven has links to all of the important sites, the wiki, and several of the videos that are already posted. Enjoy! read more...

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Subversion Support Comes to CodePlex… Sorta’(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 5 months ago

A little publicized feature lets you use Subversion to access project hosted on CodePlex - without the need to run SvnBridge locally! read more...

3 comments |category: Open Source |Views: 251

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Why SOLID? Gimme an "S"!(codebetter.com)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 5 months ago

The first in what looks to be series of posts in which Dave Laribee dives into the reasons why you should care about the SOLID principles, and what do they buy you. read more...

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Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 5 months ago

Subtext 2.0 is hot off the CI Server and the new bits are packed with a metric crap-load of bug fixes, new features, and patches. read more...

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Doctors We Ain't(codebetter.com)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 7 months ago

Software developers and architects don't have all the answers... but who does? Dave discusses some common patterns for figuring out our role in the great game of software. read more...

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Negative Attitudes are a Cancer to Successful Teams(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 7 months ago

Team members with a negative attitude are thieves, robbing the team of its potential, its moral, and often its success. read more...

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Rhino.Mocks Beta Bits are Running Turbo-Charged!(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 3 years, 8 months ago

A new Rhino.Mocks beta dropped a couple weeks ago to little fan-fare... but perhaps we should take a closer look because tests running on the new bits are executing about 50% faster! read more...

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