April 2008 - Posts

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Side Effecting Functions are Code Smells by podwysocki

I know the title might catch a few people off guard, but let me explain. Side effecting functions, for the most part, are code smells. This is a very important concept in Domain Driven Design (DDD) that's often overlooked. For those who are deep in DDD...
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Upcoming Functional Programming/F# Talks by podwysocki

Well, I certainly have an ambitious May schedule ahead of me. Most of course will be revolving around functional programming and F# as it seems to be finally catching on. I've been noticing a bunch from the Java and Ruby communities becoming interested...
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Making Spec# a Priority by podwysocki

During ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle, I spent a bit of time with Rustan Leino and Mike Barnett from the Spec# team at Microsoft Research. This was to help introduce Design by Contract (DbC) and Spec# to the ALT.NET audience who may not have seen it before...
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let Matt = CodeBetter + 1 by podwysocki

Joining the CodeBetter Community.... #light type FullName = string * string let FullNameToString (name : FullName) = let first, last = name in first + " " + last let blogger = FullNameToString( "Matthew" , "Podwysocki" ) I'm pretty excited to be joining...
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xUnit.net Goes 1.0 and Unit Testing F# by podwysocki

As I've said before on my previous blogs, I'm very much into F# and functional programming lately. With that, I'm still in the mode of TDD. Just because you enter a new programming paradigm, doesn't mean you throw away your XP and TDD roots. Instead,...
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ALT.NET Open Spaces Closing Day Recap by podwysocki

In my previous post , I talked about some of the happenings from the day two experience. Day three was only a half day with only two sessions. So, it was best to make the best of times anyhow. Once again, it snowed again, rather heavily at times, so nature...
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ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle Day 2 Recap by podwysocki

In my previous installment of recapping the events from ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle, I covered pretty much the opening ceremonies as it were. The weather was definitely interesting the entire weekend. Who would believe that we had snow, hail and rain...
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DC ALT.NET Meeting 4/23/2008 - Jay Flowers and CI Factory by podwysocki

Now that we've somewhat recovered from ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle , it's time for another DC ALT.NET meeting. I'm currently finishing up my wrapups for Seattle still and I'm sure I have months worth of material from there. Anyhow, this time Jay Flowers...
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ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle Day 1 Recap by podwysocki

ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle has come to a close. What a great time it was and it met every expectation if not exceeded them. Currently I'm in the Seattle airport waiting for my flight home which just got re-arranged. Anyhow, I'd like to wrap up my thoughts...
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Off to Seattle and ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle by podwysocki

Well, the day has finally come where I'm heading to ALT.NET Open Spaces, Seattle . It's been a long time of planning for this day with all the other guys mentioned on the site. The weather's not looking so great with a possibility of snow on Saturday...
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