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• Code Review Tip: Poorly named variables are symptoms

  When reviewing code one of the ways to quickly spot "messy" logic is to look for module-scoped variables with whacky names. Poor naming is often an indicator that the reason for writing code was unclear to the developer at the time. Let's get an example... Posted Feb 24 2005, 08:06 PM by digory with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality

• Some golden rules to adhere by when thinking about features

  When we started doing a spec for ProjectDistributor Justin and I had some long chats about what features we wanted in and how they would be implemented. In fact, there were dozens of features that we discussed and, as we progressed we found that we needed... Posted Nov 04 2004, 08:09 AM by digory with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Code Snippets, goals2004_CodeQuality, goals2004_PairProgramming, goals2004_ProjectManagement, Tools

• Some books for reviewing code and develoment activity

  Posted Oct 21 2004, 10:36 AM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: Bookmarks, goals2004_CodeQuality, goals2004_PairProgramming

• Resource: Tips for creating successful architecture

  A nice list to review next time you are in planning and wondering: "Will this succeed?" :-) http://weblogs.asp.net/NGur/archive/2004/10/21/245306.aspx Posted Oct 21 2004, 10:31 AM by digory with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality

• Hallmarks of a great developer

  I got forwarded this link today: http://blogs.msdn.com/micahel/archive/2004/06/16/157202.aspx What a great list of attributes to aspire to! Posted Sep 30 2004, 05:14 PM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality

• Cleaning my desk...

  This is my last week here at work and, while cleaning my desk I found this quote: What I sometimes see when I interview people and review code is symptoms of a disease I call Object Happiness. Object Happy people feel the need to apply principles of OO... Posted Sep 28 2004, 09:37 AM by digory with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality

• Writing Use Cases

  I'm thinking that with all of the new tools which will soon be arriving in my favourite IDE that it might be a good time to learn more about writing Use Case statements. I found the following book on Amazon today which looks like a decent place to start... Posted Jul 06 2004, 02:38 PM by digory with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality

• Effective Collaboration... let me count the ways

  Interesting... today I saw the word "collaborated" mentioned in 2 blog articles which were only about 7 items apart on the main feed. http://weblogs.asp.net/omars/archive/2004/06/18/158994.aspx http://weblogs.asp.net/AdiOltean/archive/2004/06/18/159046... Posted Jun 18 2004, 06:23 PM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality, goals2004_PairProgramming

• Some quality developer time

  My previous 3 weeks has re-installed the feeling that building computer applications is a great thing to do. Some quick reminders for myself: Know what the current tasks are and where they fit in the bigger project task list Make sure the rest of the... Posted Jun 11 2004, 11:14 PM by digory with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality, goals2004_Estimation, goals2004_PairProgramming

• How to build a comma-separated list

  Dave has an interesting little thread going about how to do build a comma-separated list and what you can do with that annoying, left-over ',': http://weblogs.asp.net/dburke/archive/2004/04/28/122332.aspx Who'd've thought that there would be so many options... Posted Apr 30 2004, 02:23 PM by digory with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: C#, Code Snippets, goals2004_CodeQuality, VB.NET