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Looking for .NET TDD Developers
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:01 PM

Are you based in Washington DC and do you love Test Driven Development and Pair Programming?  If so, take a look at our posting . Read More...

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Filed under: .NET, Pair Programming, Software Development, TDD, 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

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

Code Review - Standing on the shoulders of smart people
Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:47 PM

A very intelligent person once said: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." The person in question, is of course none other than Sir Isaac Newton . He was able to go further with his discoveries because others had solved some of the details already and provided a layer of abstraction for him to improve upon. When doing a code review... Read More...

by thycotic | 4 comment(s)

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Will TDD become mainstream?
Sunday, February 25, 2007 12:26 PM

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... Read More...

by thycotic | 3 comment(s)

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

New office with Pair Programming team room
Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:08 AM

We have just moved our offices from the Vienna, Virginia area to downtown Washington DC. We now have more space for our team room and have tried new strategies to minimize wiring and optimize communication across the team. Here is a picture of 2 pairing stations in the new team room. The desks are part of the GALANT series from IKEA and we used their new SIGNUM... Read More...

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

What motivates software developers?
Monday, May 15, 2006 3:00 AM

Developers who simply work for a paycheck have different priorities so I am going to ask you to forget about them for a minute. If you joined software development out of pure passion for the industry then you have a different agenda. Building software is a very creative and constructive process but the intangible nature of software makes the parallels to traditional... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Pair Programming, Software Development, Code Camp, TDD

How agile is your country?
Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:33 PM

Google's new Trends service (which appears to be the old Zeitgeist but now on demand) allows you to find out what people are searching on. I tried it with a number of different Microsoft agile terms and was surprised at the results: It is only a relative comparison without any real numbers or drilldown capability so it is hard to read much into the results. However... Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, Fun, Pair Programming, TDD

.NET TDD Developer opening at Thycotic!
Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:24 PM

In our last round of hiring, I had a great response from my blog post so I am trying it again. We are looking for another top calibre developer to join our team - this is a great opportunity to practice agile techniques on the Microsoft .NET platform from an experienced team while working on great products and with interesting clients. We are looking for a highly... Read More...

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Pair Programming Presented
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:01 AM

Over the last few months, I have presented a session on Pair Programming to two User Groups ( WinProTeam Rockville and PA FoxPro ) and one Code Camp ( Richmond this last weekend). I especially enjoy presenting this topic for a number of reasons: It is not .NET specific so you can take it to many audiences (which gives different perspectives) It draws lots of... Read More...

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

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