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When you apply for a job, read the job posting!
Monday, April 07, 2008 10:48 PM
I am constantly amazed by the number of job candidates who apply for a position without reading the job posting. We are currently hiring for three positions: Agile .NET Developer Agile .NET Developer Internship Graphics Designer All three involve *doing* something in order to be considered for the position - for the developer positions it requires completing... Read More...
Don't miss the Nova Code Camp South this weekend!
Friday, March 28, 2008 8:34 AM
The NoVa CodeCamp South v1 will be held on March 29th 2008 in Woodbridge VA.  The speaker schedule has been posted here .   I am presenting two sessions: 9:00-10:15:     Refactoring in C# 1:00-2:15:        Web Application Testing in Watin Register now !   We are hiring!  Do you want to... Read More...
Can you find the bug in this code? (THE FIX)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:30 PM
Thanks to everyone for contributing!  It was really neat to read everyone's ideas and see the discussion and review (talking about code is always fun!).  Here is a summary of responses and the "fixed" code.  If you are interested in the original problem, go here .   @drakiula: The idea with the Response.Redirect is that it will stop... Read More...
Can you find the bug in this code?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:04 AM
This is a real bug that I came across yesterday in some code I had written about a week before.  I was a little surprised at the mechanics but it makes sense once you understand what is happening ... 1: private void Foo() 2: { 3: try 4: { 5: AuthenticationInfo authenticationInfo = GetAuthenticationInfo(Request.QueryString[ "t" ]); 6: Authenticator... Read More...
NoVa CodeCamp South v1 speaking schedule has been announced!
Friday, March 07, 2008 11:48 PM
The NoVa CodeCamp South v1 will be held on March 29th 2008 in Woodbridge VA.  The speaker schedule has been posted here . I will be presenting on two topics: Refactoring in C# - bad code to better code Web Application Testing in Watin There are lots of great sessions from WPF, TDD, SSIS, jQuery, SQL Server 2008 and more... You can register now .   We... Read More...
Do you have what it takes to be a Thycotic TDD Developer?
Thursday, October 11, 2007 9:43 AM
Thycotic is gearing up for a new product development cycle and we are looking to grow our team of passionate test-first developers. Our team is one of the best places to learn and improve your agile development skills. Can you solve the problem below? http://www.thycotic.com/codetest.txt Please submit your solution with your resume to tddjobs@thycotic.com You... Read More...
The Case of the missing ASP.NET tab in IIS
Thursday, July 26, 2007 12:33 PM
We recently had a problem on our development build server that had us puzzled. The ASP.NET tab disappeared and our CruiseControl.NET server quit working. We had seen the problem with CruiseControl.NET before - a serialization error on DateTime - and we knew it was related to running the dashboard in the wrong version of ASP.NET. So the two issues seemed to be... Read More...
Secret Server goes to Microsoft TechEd 2007 in Orlando
Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:18 AM
This will be the first year that Thycotic has a vendor booth at Microsoft TechEd . This is an exciting milestone for the company and we are busy with preparations for the conference. There will be four of us from the team going - the flights and hotels are booked. Dan Parker and I will be staffing the booth during regular hours and are planning to meet lots of... Read More...
CMAP Code Camp Sessions are posted
Thursday, April 12, 2007 8:19 AM
The CMAP Code Camp is being held on Saturday 4/21/2007 from 9AM to 7PM - you can register here . The sessions for the day have been posted here . It looks like a great spread of SQL, Web, future stuff, alterative languages and some Agile. Also don't miss the NovaCodeCamp in Reston, Virginia this Saturday. I think April is most definitely the Code Camp month.... Read More...
Kevin Jones is now an ASP.NET MVP!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:21 PM
Our own Kevin Jones has been awarded MVP for ASP.NET by Microsoft. This award recognizes his excellence in technical skills and his contributions to the community in spreading best practices in software development. Kevin has been instrumental in the development of Secret Server since 2.0 and now including Secret Server Online. He has been involved in some fun... Read More...
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