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Pair Programming and Pandemics
Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:29 PM

Pouya has posted about the dangers of illnesses when Pair Programming on our team blog.   Jonathan Cogley is the CEO of Thycotic Software, an agile software consulting and product development company based in Washington DC.  Secret Server is our flagship web password management product. Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, General Software Development, Agile

Stinky PartialMocks?
Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:56 PM

Jimmy has posted about PartialMocks on the team blog .  This has been a recurring discussion on our team and it is worthwhile thinking careful about whether to use PartialMocks and if so, what is an appropriate usage … Jonathan Cogley is the CEO of Thycotic Software, an agile software consulting and product development company based in Washington DC. ... Read More...

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Filed under: Test Driven Development, Software Development, General Software Development, Refactoring, Agile

Refactoring logic from an ASP.NET page
Friday, April 03, 2009 10:19 AM

Kevin has posted about refactoring some simple logic from an ASP.NET page and breaking it out into a separate class (Single Responsibility Principle) to make the code more maintainable. Kevin highlights the classic problem with unmaintainable code and works his way into how to not only improve this code but also how to make it more testable. Don't forget to subscribe... Read More...

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Filed under: Test Driven Development, Software Development, Blogging, General Software Development, Refactoring

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

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

Secret Server 4.0 has shipped!
Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:40 AM

We were hoping to ship one day early but a few delays in getting some updated artwork and some of the upgrade documentation caused us to ship yesterday on the scheduled day.  Secret Server has never missed a launch date since first being released in November 2005 - this is something we attribute to Test Driven Development, Pair Programming and an agile planning... Read More...

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Filed under: Test Driven Development, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development, Agile

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...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, .NET, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, ISV, General Software Development

Refactoring example in C# and VB.NET
Monday, March 26, 2007 7:57 PM

Our very own Bryant Smith has revamped his conversion of Martin Fowler's refactoring example (originally in Java) to now cover both C# and VB.NET. You can find the article here with the relevant downloads and walkthrough. Martin Fowler's example works nicely because it is a simple class structure that is easy to understand. It also has enough complexity to allow... Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, TDD, General Software Development, Refactoring

Whitespace is a code smell
Friday, March 23, 2007 12:39 AM

Do you space out your code so there are line breaks between the pieces of logic? Why do you think this is necessary? Typically this is done to separate chunks of logic so that they can be easily distinguished. If it is a complicated enough chunk, then it may even make sense to put a comment at the top of the chunk. At this point, the Agile police will jump on... Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, TDD, General Software Development, Refactoring

Pair Programming improves your communication skills
Monday, March 19, 2007 11:50 PM

Many developers in our industry prefer a dark corner to the presentation podium. This is often explained away with references to introverted personalities and geekish tendencies. While this may be true for certain individuals, there are definitely many benefits to breaking away from this stereotype. One of the best ways to progress in the business world is to... Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, Code Camp, TDD, General Software Development

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