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In 3 easy steps: Step 1: Perform a change that affects many, many files My favorite is a namespace rename. Other choices include deleting a core marker interface, renaming a layer supertype class, or changing the folder structure in a project. Typically, VisualStudio will crash when I do this,...
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Introduction Our clients install our product on different environments. Some of them have 32bit server OS others have pure 64bit environments. Due to the lack of a 64bit version of a driver we use we have to run certain tools in 32bit mode. But since we do not want to have multiple versions of our product...
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This week I made the drive from Austin to Fort Smith and Springdale, Arkansas to speak at the Fort Smith DNUG and the Northwest Arkansas DNUG on UI testing ASP.NET MVC. Although I showed tools such as WatiN and Gallio, I focused more on design for UI testability, and covered items such as: Site...
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Dear reader you might have asked yourself why I have been quiet for such a long time. Well, one of the reasons is that I have been preparing my move from Switzerland to the United States; and more precisely to Austin TX. The following post talks about some of my adventures while moving from Switzerland...
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The other day I was at lunch with some folks (I won’t name drop except to give credit for the person who originally brought it up: Jeremy ), and he commented that, while is number of RSS subscriptions has actually increased, the volume of daily unread posts has dramatically decreased. I’ve heard others...
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One of the criticisms of engineering practices like XP (and Agile for that matter) is that success is only really possible with strong, experienced developers. But is it really possible to succeed with mediocrity? In my experience, teams have a certain amount of potential. Conditions can...
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This morning, I and fellow Los Techies alumni Eric Hexter and Chris Patterson learned that we are MVPs! Well, technically I learned last night through an IM of a re-tweet of my MVP lead, but hey, close enough, right? I know it’s cheesy, but I think these awards are a testament to the great...
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I know I’ve been remiss in my blog posting duties. Please trust me when I say it’s for good reason and that you’d understand. I appreciate you sticking with me. In the meantime, here are a few tidbits that you might find worth noting: Announcing: Zen Nate Kohari (whom I’d like to call a friend, though...
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Wolfram Alpha knows all: From OMG to OMFSM , we now move to OMWA.
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The biggest issue facing developers today is not lack of OO knowledge, patterns, or guidance. It’s a sad lack of extensibility in today’s frameworks. Over the past year or so, getting familiar with ASP.NET MVC, I think I’ve found an answer to the lack of extensibility in not just application...
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From Daniel Cazzulino : A pattern emerges…
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The best AutoMapper feature request I’ve received so far is one I got at the recent ALT.NET conference: “Can you please not call the release ‘Alpha’?” Well, that’s easy. It’s funny how much the name of a release can influence perception of the quality of that product. I’ve called the latest releases...
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For the average .NET developer, language features in the other .NET language don’t matter 99% of the time. Unless of course, you’re using a framework designed for features that don’t exist for the language you’re using. Such is the plight for a Visual Basic.NET developer. Major “ALT.NET” frameworks...
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In a great article, Scott Bellware talks about the detrimental nature of a fixation of symbology on teaching . This is especially true in software development, where the justification, shape and application of tools are not quite as clear as other craftsman-like jobs. You may be able to teach...
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Many many thanks to all the guys from Los Techies for their invitation! I feel flattered being now a member of the group. Many of the members of Los Techies I have been able to meet personally either at the Alt.Net Open Space conference in Seattle/Redmond last year or at the Kaizen conference in Austin...