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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, General Software Development, Refactoring, Software Development, Test Driven Development

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: Agile, General Software Development, ISV, Software Development, Test Driven Development

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: .NET, General Software Development, ISV, Pair Programming, Test Driven Development, Extreme Programming

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: General Software Development, Pair Programming, Refactoring, TDD, Test Driven Development, Extreme Programming

Whitespace is a code smell
Friday, March 23, 2007 12:39 AM

Do you space out your code so there are line breaks between the pieces of logic? Why do you think this is necessary? Typically this is done to separate chunks of logic so that they can be easily distinguished. If it is a complicated enough chunk, then it may even make sense to put a comment at the top of the chunk. At this point, the Agile police will jump on... Read More...

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

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: Code Camp, General Software Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, TDD, Test Driven Development, Extreme Programming

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, Blogging, General Software Development, Software Development, TDD, Test Driven 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...

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

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