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SRP with the DC ALT.NET User Group in Alexandria, VA
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:39 PM

Last Wednesday (3/25/2009), I presented at the DC ALT.NET User Group in Alexandria.  Thank you to the groups organizer, Matt Podwysocki for inviting me. Writing Code with the Thycotic Team The presentation was TDD with C# and Mocks - which is a hands-on coding session with the audience working on a real application (our online store codebase) - the new code... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Test Driven Development, Software Development, General Software Development, Agile

Refactoring in C# at RockNUG this week
Friday, March 07, 2008 10:35 PM

I will be giving a presentation on Refactoring in C# at RockNUG on Wednesday March 12th 2008 at 6:30pm.  Directions here . What could be more fun on a Wednesday evening than critiquing some bad code and making it better? :) Come along to learn how to clean code like the Thycotic team. What do we look for? How do we take small steps to keep it working? What... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Software Development, General Software Development, Refactoring

Speaking on Refactoring at RockNUG in March
Friday, January 25, 2008 8:37 AM

I will be presenting on Refactoring in C# at the Rockville .NET User Group (RockNUG) on March 12th 2008 at 6:30pm. Refactoring in C# - Bad code to better code What could be more fun on a Wednesday evening than critiquing some bad code and making it better? :) Come along to learn how to clean code like the Thycotic team. What do we look for? How do we take small... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Test Driven Development, Software Development, General Software Development, Refactoring

RockNUG tonight - Geoff Snowman showed off BizTalk Server
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:24 AM

I attended my first event at the new Rockville .NET User Group (RockNUG) in Maryland tonight.  Geoff Snowman , our local Microsoft integration specialist showed off the latest BizTalk Server (BTS) technology and talked about the future of BTS and its related products.  As Geoff pointed out, BTS is a niche product that works well for large customers... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Software Development, Code Camp, General Software Development

Richmond Code Camp 3 reviewed
Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:05 AM

This last Saturday morning, the Thycotic team headed to Richmond at a bright and early 6am. This alone wouldn't have been too bad but some on the team had been busy until 2am on a client project! For the first Richmond Code Camp ever, it actually didn't rain (it rained all day for the last two). John started out with his presentation on NHibernate which drew... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Code Camp, General Software Development, Refactoring

Code Camps, Code Camps, Code Camps.
Friday, March 16, 2007 12:49 AM

I presented on Pair Programming at the Maryland ColdFusion User's Group on Tuesday and was very pleased to tell everyone about all the upcoming Code Camps in our area. I also promised to post the links to the group, so here they are: 4/14/2007 NoVa Code Camp (Reston, Virginia) 4/21/2007 CMAP Code Camp (Baltimore, MD) 4/28/2007 Richmond Code Camp (Richmond, Virginia... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Code Camp, General Software Development

Yet Another Mid-Atlantic Code Camp - but AGILE!!! (April 14, 2007 8am-6pm)
Sunday, February 25, 2007 9:31 PM

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... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET, .NET User Groups, Test Driven Development, Software Development, Code Camp, TDD, General Software Development

Speaking on TDD at the CMAP Architect Group in Maryland tonight (2/20/2007)
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:07 AM

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... Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, .NET, .NET User Groups, Test Driven Development, Software Development, TDD, General Software Development

Thycotic presented in Rockville, MD at WinProTeam
Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:17 PM

This last Wednesday, myself and two other members of the Thycotic team presented at the WinProTeam Rockville meeting. Topic : Data Access Strategies for your .NET Development Three sessions presented by members of our Thycotic team – John Morales , Ryan Olshan and me. 1. ADO.NET Interfaces and how to be database agnostic Ever wanted to support Oracle and... Read More...

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Presentations at WinProTeam - ADO.NET interfaces, Gentle.NET, LINQ, Refactoring
Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:49 PM

Unfortunately my co-presenters were not able to make the WinProTeam presentation due to unforeseen circumstances so I went it alone. This meant that the topics had to change a little but the audience seemed agreeable. The schedule for the evening changed to: ADO.NET Interfaces This is a favorite topic of mine since many people still seem to miss the boat with... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Open Source, General Software Development

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