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Programming Basics: The for loop can do more than increment an integer

This is one of those small things that is easy to forget. Usually when we use a for loop, we'll just incrment over an integer so that we can get a specific item out of some iteration. But you can do much more than that. My current project has a complicated...

Published Fri, Jun 12 2009 2:50 PM by jcteague

Ruby and Rake as an executable

I've been trying for months to get my partner in crime , Stephen Balkum , to switch to Rake as our default build system. We've been using Nant FOREVER and while it works, I really hate writing Nant scripts. The problem Stephen had with going to...

Published Wed, Jun 10 2009 4:05 PM by jcteague

Austin Code Camp Schedule

Several people have already mentioned some of the sessions at this year's Austin Code Camp. We've posted the schedule for people to view. We may move some around depending on how the voting goes to make sure there is adequate space for each session...

Published Sun, May 24 2009 4:39 PM by jcteague

Submit Your Austin Code Camp Sessions Now

The deadline for submitting session is April 19. If you want to speak at this year’s code camp, better hurry up. We have about 27 sessions submitted so far, most of them 2 hours in length. Also remember, I don’t reject submissions unless...

Published Fri, Apr 17 2009 1:27 AM by jcteague

Building Maintainable Web Applications Training Course

I am conducting a two day training workshop on Building Maintainable Web Applications. It will be here in Austin TX June 8-9. The foundational philosophy I and my consulting company believe is that creating applications that are maintainable starts...

Published Wed, Apr 15 2009 11:54 PM by jcteague

Resharper templates: Don't forget the Macros

I use Resharper templates (among other features) on a daily basis. Most of them create very small pieces of code that I use VERY frequently. For instance, I have a set of templates that help me build out my test classes and cases very quickly...

Published Mon, Apr 06 2009 12:36 AM by jcteague

Filed under: resharper

Cooking With Pablo: Chicken Cacciatore

In this edition of Cooking With Pablo, were going to do one of my favorite one pot dishes: Chicken Cacciatore. Cacciatore means “hunters stew”. This would be a dish that hunters would make while on long hunting trips with whatever game they...

Published Wed, Apr 01 2009 1:03 AM by jcteague

Filed under: april-fools

The MVC Template Team Got It Right

I just created my first project with ASP.Net MVC RC1 and I had a pleasant surprise!! As with the beta, when you create a new project with the MVC project template, it creates a AccountConroller as part of the startup code. In the beta, all of the...

Published Fri, Feb 20 2009 11:04 AM by jcteague

Polymorphism with JavaScript

I don’t know if I picked this line up in a book or somewhere else, but the best way to describe the JavaScript language is schizophrenic. The language itself (regardless of the hosting environment) doesn’t know if it’s Object Oriented or Functional...

Published Wed, Feb 18 2009 12:20 AM by jcteague

Filed under: JavaScript

Austin Code Camp 09 Call For Speakers

When: May 30, 2009 – 8:30 AM – 5PM Where: St. Edwards professional learning center, Austin, TX The Austin .Net Users Group is hosting its fourth Code Camp. This one day, community driven conference has grown beyond the Austin community to a regional event...

Published Tue, Feb 17 2009 8:51 PM by jcteague

Another Way to Test Ajax Methods

A while ago, Chad posted about how to test Ajax methods with QUnit . I’m also testing Ajax calls, but taking a different approach I thought I would share. Chad’s approach was to put a timer in the test and waiting a while before performing the assertion...

Published Tue, Feb 10 2009 12:47 AM by jcteague

Austin Code Camp 09

When: Saturday, May 30th Where: St. Edwards Professional Education Center We are gearing up for This Year’s Austin .Net User’s Group Code Camp. Last year we had 300 attendees and around 30 sessions. We expect this years to be even better....

Published Mon, Feb 09 2009 7:18 PM by jcteague

Filed under: codecamp, adnug

Google’s Testers take on Dependency Injection

If you’re not already subscribing to the Google Testing Blog , you should be. There are some really interesting articles on it. The latest one takes on if and when to use Dependency Injection . I agree with their answer: yes and always...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2009 7:27 PM by jcteague

PTOM: Bend 3rd Party Libraries to Your Will With the Adapter Pattern

No matter what you do or where you work, there will always be the 3rd party library that your manager insists you use (you know, the one whose agreement was made on the golf course), or that old legacy code that is impossible to test. Now it might be...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2008 12:43 AM by jcteague

Filed under: design patterns, PTOM

Welcome Steve Donie!

We have a new member to the Los Techies Crew. Steve Donie has been managing Agile teams for a long time, currently leading a team a DrilingInfo. He’s a familiar face in the Austin development community. He’s been involved in the Austin...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2008 9:51 PM by jcteague

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