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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

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

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

Speaking at the Richmond Code Camp on Saturday, 4/22/2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:27 PM

I will be presenting on two topics at the Richmond Code Camp on 4/22/2006. The event starts at 8:30AM and runs all day. If you have never been to a Code Camp before, you are missing out. They are a great place to ask questions and find out about technology from your local community. My topics are: Build and Deploy your applications with NAnt and MSBuild Pair... Read More...

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

Last minute presentation: Pair Programming in Fairfax with the Potomac Area FoxPro Users Group
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:53 PM

Unfortunately the speaker for March is unable to make it so I have been asked if I would present this month instead of later this year. I will be presented on Pair Programming at the Potomax Area FoxPro Users Group on Thursday 2nd March 2006 in Fairfax, VA (I have presented this topic in the past ). Directions here . Pair Programming is something we practice... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET, .NET User Groups, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, TDD

Building and deploying applications with NAnt and MSBuild in Vienna, Virginia
Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:43 AM

I will be presenting at the WinProTeam Vienna .NET Users Group on 3/1/2006 at 6pm. We use NAnt and CruiseControl.NET for all of our products and client projects. The power of a continuous build for improved quality, rapid feedback and engaging your customer is enormous! The arrival of MSBuild and its integration into the Visual Studio suite of tools adds another... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Continuous Integration, Software Development, TDD

Tag based languages - ColdFusion, CFUnit, mind shifts ... and TDD.
Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:23 AM

Earlier this week, I presented at the Maryland Cold Fusion Users Group on Test Driven Development (TDD). Let's get this straight, I had never used ColdFusion before and I happily installed it at 8:30pm the night before the presentation. I was really presenting on TDD so how hard could this ColdFusion stuff be anyway ... ? The install went smoothly and provided... Read More...

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