November 2008 - Posts

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Object Oriented F# - Encapsulation with Object Expressions by podwysocki

In the past, I've covered a bit about object oriented programming in F#. I'd like to come back to that series as there is much yet to cover on this topic. Last week, I spent some time with Erik Meijer at QCon and he and I both agreed that in some ways...
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Code Contracts - TDD in a DbC World by podwysocki

Lately, I've been talking about the new feature coming to .NET 4.0, Code Contracts , which is to bring Design by Contract (DbC) idioms to all .NET languages as part of the base class library. Last week, I attended QCon, where Greg Young, one of my CodeBetter...
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DC ALT.NET 11/25 - Web Testing Frameworks by podwysocki

The November meeting for DC ALT.NET will be on November 25th, 2008 from 7PM-9PM. Check out our site and our mailing list for more information as it becomes available. This month, John Morales will be facilitating a discussion on web testing frameworks...
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Functional .NET 4.0 - Tuples and Zip by podwysocki

Previously, when covering some of the additions to the .NET 4.0 Framework such as optional and named parameters , some of the other additions have caught my eye from the perspective of functional programming. Unlike .NET 3.5, this release is not as targeted...
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.NET Code Contracts and TDD Are Complementary by podwysocki

After my recent post on the introduction of Code Contracts in .NET 4.0 , I got some strong reaction that they would rather rely on TDD, or the better term, Example Driven Development specifications to ensure correctness. Instead, it's my intent to talk...
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KaizenConf'08 Functional Programming Presentation Video by podwysocki

Last week, I provided a basic wrap up of my functional programming talk at the Continuous Improvement in Software Development conference (KaizenConf) in Austin. Little did I realize that I was indeed being filmed while I talked by Mark Leon Watson . So...
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Code Contracts for .NET 4.0 - Spec# Comes Alive by podwysocki

As I've said in many posts before, I'm a big fan of stating your preconditions, postconditions, invariants and so on explicitly in your code through the use of contracts in the Design by Contract Parlance. Spec# is a project that came from Microsoft Research...
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KaizenConf Wrapup - Approaching Functional Programming by podwysocki

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend and give a workshop at the Continuous Improvement in Software Development, or KaizenConf. I'm grateful to Scott Bellware and Dave Laribee for organizing this event. The tone and subject matter at this...
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