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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

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...

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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...

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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...

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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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Speaking at Richmond Code Camp tomorrow
Friday, October 06, 2006 10:57 PM

I will be presenting two sessions at the Richmond Code Camp tomorrow: Refactoring This will be a walkthrough of the Martin Fowler example but in C# (thanks to our very own, Bryant Smith who converted it to C# some time back). We will also get in to why, when and how to refactor. Unit Testing ASP.NET with NUnitAsp and WATIR Our team excels with NUnitAsp –... Read More...

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.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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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

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