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Do you breathe agile? Do your progress bars always turn green? Do you refactor in your sleep? Then I need you for the agile track … We are looking for attendees, speakers and volunteers! This is the first Mid-Atlantic Code Camp to have an official Agile track (and I am the track chair – woohoo!)
Attendees
Register here, now, just do it.
Speakers
What are you waiting for? Fill in this form and upload it here.
Volunteers
Send an email to volunteers at novacodecamp dot org
The official website for the Code Camp is here.
I have attended all of the previous Code Camps at Reston and they have been very worthwhile and have drawn crowds of people and lots of cool prizes.
Jonathan Cogley is the CEO and founder of Thycotic Software, a .NET consulting company and ISV in Washington DC. Our product, Secret Server, is a secure web-based solution for teams to secure their passwords. Where do you keep your passwords or do you use the same one everywhere (snicker)?
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I have been asked a number of times in the last few years if I think TDD (Test Driven Development) will go mainstream. Firstly, we need to agree on what mainstream is – Wikipedia does not give any hard numbers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream) but it seems like 20% would be a good number for software development (I pulled this out of thin area – please share your thoughts). For TDD to have that much mindshare (in the stubborn software development world) would firmly seat TDD as an established and accepted way of developing code. So how much mindshare does it have now? Again I don’t know how you would get a measure (Gartner studies maybe?) but my experiences with software development in the Washington DC Metro area makes me think it is far less than 20%.
Will this change – will it gain wider support? I don’t think so for the following reasons:
- TDD takes discipline – many developers don’t have discipline when coding.
- TDD requires “buy in” at all levels within an organization.
- TDD takes time to learn the practice effectively – this is difficult given the deadlines most teams face.
- TDD works well with Pair Programming which tends to be too contentious to get by most management teams.
- It is difficult to produce hard evidence for TDDs benefits since software is abstract and hard to compare across projects (and seldom would you build the same software twice just to compare techniques). This evidence will be necessary to persuade many decision makers.
Please don’t think that I am bashing TDD or Pair Programming – we use both everyday and believe in their enormous value! I am happy that TDD is not mainstream since this gives a great competitive edge over other software development teams.
If you are looking for a position with a company that believes in and practices TDD and Pair Programming, we are hiring.
Jonathan Cogley is the CEO and founder of Thycotic Software, a .NET consulting company and ISV in Washington DC. Thycotic Secret Server is a secure web-based solution to both "Where is the password for this router?" and "Who has the password for our domain hosting?". Secret Server is the leader in secret management and sharing within companies and teams.
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I will be presenting on Test Driven Development at the CMAP Architect Group in Maryland. Session details and directions here.
Abstract: TDD is hard. It is hard because we have to unlearn the way many of us have always coded. Instead we have to start writing unit tests and what is more; we have to write the test BEFORE the code. Come along to learn the history, theory and then participate in an onscreen coding session TDD-style. There will be lots of opportunity to ask questions and see if TDD is for you.
If you are looking for a position with a company that believes in and practices TDD and Pair Programming, then don’t forget that we are hiring.
See you tonight!
We will also be giving away two free 10 user licenses to Secret Server ($389 each!) at the meeting.
Jonathan Cogley is the CEO and founder of Thycotic Software, a .NET consulting company and ISV in Washington DC. Thycotic Secret Server is a secure web-based solution to both "Where is the password for this router?" and "Who has the password for our domain hosting?". Secret Server is the leader in secret management and sharing within companies and teams.
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ShorterSigs is a new service from Thycotic Software which solves the problem of communicating relevant contact information (and even your photo!) without cluttering up your email messages. This is just what every techie needs whether posting to forums, newsgroups or just a friendly chat among your peers.
Here is my public ShorterSig:
http://shortersigs.com/50454T3F7R3N
Get yours here.
http://shortersigs.com
They are secure, customizable and free.
Shortersigs is built in C# and ASP.NET with a Microsoft SQL Server backend. It was also built test first and builds continuously.
Jonathan Cogley is the CEO and founder of Thycotic Software, a .NET consulting company and ISV in Washington DC. Thycotic Secret Server is a secure web-based solution to both "Where is the password for this router?" and "Who has the password for our domain hosting?". Secret Server is the leader in secret management and sharing within companies and teams.