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• Re-useable harness for tray-based applications

  Today I started writing a new little hobby application / productivity tool which I'm planning to implement as tray application. The first thing that I did was to crack open the code from Duncan's 3rd Coding For Fun article titled: "Checking My Email"... Posted Jun 16 2004, 05:22 PM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: Tools, goals2004_Estimation, goals2004_Metrics

• Terrarium : Some data about saving energy

  As I mentioned in my last post, it's important to conserve energy in the Terrarium game. So, if you are moving - maybe looking for your next meal - and are not under any threat of attack, it is wise to meander along rather than sprint. Likewise, it is... Posted Mar 27 2004, 08:40 PM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: goals2004_Metrics, Terrarium

• String::Split - unexpected behaviour?

  After a comment which was left by Justin Rogers on a recent post of mine I decided to do a bit more testing to confirm the behaviour of String::Split. The documentation has this to say about it: Identifies the substrings in this instance that are delimited... Posted Mar 15 2004, 09:13 AM by digory with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Rants, goals2004_Metrics

• More timing, different types of tests

  Yesterday I blog'ged about some various string splitting times. One thing which amazed me was how slow the VB Split Function was: ========== DoFunction() ========== Entering DoFunction()... DoFunction() took 4947.1136 milliseconds. Entering DoFunction... Posted Mar 12 2004, 08:44 AM by digory with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: VB.NET, goals2004_Metrics

• Timing Split; getting a handle on things.

  Tonight I decided that, before I attempt to match the speed of Split, I'd better measure it out to see how fast it is. Here's the results of some simple tests... Imports System.Text Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Module StringTimers Private mString As... Posted Mar 11 2004, 08:53 PM by digory with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Regex, VB.NET, goals2004_Metrics

• WordWrap. Faster than Split?

  At lunchtime today I was discussing my WordWrap component with a fellow developer which - of course - led us into discussions as to the merit of the task and also how "optimal" we could make the underlying "wrapping" algorithm. When I started talking... Posted Mar 11 2004, 02:26 PM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: goals2004_Metrics

• Changing the metrics categories

  OK, one day into it and I'm already making changes. My new categories for recording development time are: Planning Existing Code New Code Learning Managing So, summarizing the changes... I've renamed "Writing" and "Improving" to "Existing Code" and "New... Posted Feb 18 2004, 08:27 AM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: goals2004_Metrics

• What my metrics will and will not tell me.

  So, today I started out on my path to statistical verification. My first job was to grab a small, pocket-sized notebook to keep track of my daily entries. The notebook will be kept in my pocket at work so that I can easily make entries as they are required... Posted Feb 17 2004, 09:23 PM by digory with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_CodeQuality, goals2004_Metrics

• Measuring development activities should be easy - not hard.

  Yesterday's discussion on "developer metrics" seemed to be a bit of a curve-ball and I received some mixed feedback. I think that one thing which threw people was when I mentioned the deadly phrase: "Counting Lines of Code" { insert sinister sound effect... Posted Feb 16 2004, 09:35 PM by digory with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_Metrics

• Lies, damned lies and statistics

  The other day whilst reading some of ^Z's entries it struck me that he uses metrics to mark many of his important observations. This is a hallmark of many of my trusted sources of information. For example Mark has been keeping a log-book of his jogging;... Posted Feb 15 2004, 11:21 AM by digory with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_Metrics