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Secret Server on the Treo 700
Friday, April 18, 2008 6:47 PM

Secret Server has supported a "Mobile Edition" for over a year now but it is always tricky making sure that it works correctly on all devices. Our approach was to bake mobile support into the base product (ASP.NET based) so it simply scales down to the capability of the device.  That sounds simple but unfortunately it depends on making sure that... Read More...

by thycotic | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Software Development, ISV, General Software Development

A sign that you are no longer a startup.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:20 PM

Ok, so it is a really bad pun.  It is tough writing blog post titles sometimes. :) Anyway, we finally got a beautiful metallic official sign for our office after inhabiting our office space for almost two years.  (Now if we could just do something about that door!).      In our first office suite in Vienna (VA) we had a good excuse for... Read More...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Fun, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development

Code Camps this weekend!
Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:54 PM

There are two code camps this weekend: CMAP Code Camp in Maryland Pittsburgh Code Camp in Pennsylvania I will be speaking at the Pittsburgh Code Camp on Refactoring - a topic that is very dear to me. Register now and come along to talk code.   We are hiring!  Do you want to write beautiful code in a Test Driven, Refactored, Agile .NET software company... Read More...

by thycotic | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Software Development, Code Camp, General Software Development, Refactoring

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...

by thycotic | 19 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development, Agile

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...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

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

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...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Fun, Software Development, General Software Development, Refactoring

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...

by thycotic | 15 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Fun, Software Development, General Software Development

Learning from your Burn Down chart
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:36 AM

The chart to the left represents the Burn Down chart for the Secret Server 4.1 release which shipped on March 14th 2008.  We have always shipped Secret Server on the published date (or in the early hours of morning the next day!) but this release pushed things a little too close for our liking.  What was the problem?  Did we take on too much? ... Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development, Agile

Please question the need for whitespace
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:02 AM

I have blogged about this before but I think it is a common problem that is worth restating since it affect developers across our industry.  I noticed the following method recently and again the curious separation of sections by whitespace popped into my head: 1: private void CalcHeaderOffsets() 2: { 3: this .fs = new FileStream( assemblyPath, FileMode.Open... Read More...

by thycotic | 15 comment(s)

Filed under: Software Development, TDD, General Software Development, Refactoring

Subversion Logins Utility - selectively remove authentication data
Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:42 PM

Subversion keeps your saved authentication data in a folder on your local workstation.  On my Windows Vista laptop, this folder is C:\Users\jcogley\AppData\Roaming\Subversion\auth\svn.simple.  In this folder, you will find some cryptically named files - one for each Subversion repository authentication information that you have saved.  Using TortoiseSVN... Read More...

by thycotic | 1 comment(s)

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