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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...

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

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...

by thycotic | with no comments

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

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...

by thycotic | with no comments

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

Writing "good" code: How do you understand code?
Monday, March 19, 2007 7:22 AM

John Morales has a great post on understanding complexity and how to think about difficult concepts. I think John hits on a key concept in the idea of "good code" while I realize it wasn't the main focus of his post: good code is simple for everyone (the team in question) to understand. I think this falls in nicely with our typical #1 goal on projects - writing... Read More...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Test Driven Development, Software Development, TDD, Blogging, 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...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

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

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

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...

by thycotic | with no comments

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

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