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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

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

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...

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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...

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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...

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

Want a new email signature? (ShorterSigs)
Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:49 AM

ShorterSigs is a new service from Thycotic Software which solves the problem of communicating relevant contact information (and even your photo!) without cluttering up your email messages. This is just what every techie needs whether posting to forums, newsgroups or just a friendly chat among your peers. Here is my public ShorterSig: http://shortersigs.com/50454T3F7R3N... Read More...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Test Driven Development, Software Development, TDD, ASP.NET, General Software Development

When the developer tools fail
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:04 AM

As developers, we pride ourselves on our analytical skills and being able to quickly deduce a problem. Being “engineers” and “craftsmen” we use tools to gain insight and learn about a problem while we determine our diagnosis. Every now and then, the tools fail. This evening I was dabbling with some licensing code in one of our dependent... Read More...

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

Bait and switch leaves a sour taste
Monday, November 13, 2006 8:03 AM

I am surprised at a new trend (ok, so only based on 2 experiences recently) but companies will make their product available for free (as in beer), get a lot of users and market share - then discontinue the free edition and start charging. TestDriven.NET AVG While I understand the appeal of such a strategy, it does leave a very sour taste in the consumer’s... Read More...

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

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