Contents tagged with General Software Development
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Software Craftsmanship with David Starr
David Starr (@ElegantCoder) is the Curriculum lead on Developer Tools and Practices with Pluralsight. His enthusiasm and passion for raising the bar in software development makes him perfect to join the show to discuss software craftsmanship. David explains what craftsmanship is, how it’s related to the agile movement and how to get started. When he’s not busy leading classes for Pluralsight David hosts Pluralcast podcast and is the founder of ElegantCode.com.
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AutoMapper with Jimmy Bogard
Jimmy Bogard, lead developer for the AutoMapper project, joins us today to discuss the inner workings and applications of the object-to-object mapper AutoMapper.
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Digital Productivity Strategies for Developers
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The Illusion of Persistence: Saving Test Data
I recently introduced the BookRepository, which is a set of a few classes designed generated fake data. The idea is that if you are writing a test or a demo and just need some data objects and don’t want to have to worry about the ins and outs of a real persistence layer – then the BookRepository is just for you.
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BookRepository: The Mock Data Repository for Testing and Demos
My schedule is packed lately with writing test beds and sample code for presentations. One of the problems developers face when creating code that is turned over to a third party is to answer the question: what do you do about a data source? Over the years we’ve seen efforts like Northwind, AdventureWorks and even recently the NotNorthwind movement crop up in order to create an easy-to-use relational database tests and demos. Often, however, developers just need data and shouldn’t be bothered with connection strings and other sorts of database setup.
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Podcast: Develop with Passion like Jean Paul Boodhoo
Today's show is a fun conversation I had with Jean Paul Boodhoo. I have great respect for JP as a technologist as well as someone who is willing to keep pushing himself to the next level. You don't meet people like this every day!