Name-dropping in Seattle - Day one of the 2007 MVP Global Summit Charles Young, January 1, 0001 I'm in soggy Seattle at the MVP Global Summit, and, like so many of my fellow MVPs, it seems appropriate to keep some kind of daily journal - you know the form - let you know how fortunate I am to be on ... Name-dropping in Seattle - Day one of the 2007 MVP Global Summit 0 0 2
Bugs get fixed, Backlog gets tracked Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 I ran across an interesting idea recently from Mary and Tom Poppendieck's "Implementing Lean Software Development" Tracking bugs is a waste, don't do it. I can hear you saying, "What flavor of crack are ... Bugs get fixed, Backlog gets tracked 0 0 3
Continous Integration : Express Delivery using Cruise Control.NET... Prabhat Samuel, January 1, 0001 Continous Integration : Express Delivery using Cruise Control.NET... 0 0 1
What is SCRUM ? Prabhat Samuel, January 1, 0001 "Scrum is a team of eight individuals in Rugby. Everyone in the pack acts together with everyone else to move the ball down the field in small incremental steps. Teams work as tight, integrated units with ... What is SCRUM ? 0 0 1
Scrum Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I just spent the last 4 days in a course for my project; the last 2 were a Scrum course. The Scrum course was really good. It's a new process for us, and it's sure going to need adaptation from us, but ... Scrum 0 0 2
Some Thoughts This Evening On Agile Paul Mehner, January 1, 0001 This is a good “must-read” article on agile: http://www.ddj.com/blog/win... It has been my experience working in Olympia that often the importance of the adherence ... Some Thoughts This Evening On Agile 0 0 1
The "good" memories from the last MDC, MDC 2007 - Part 1/2 Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 This post became too long that I had to split to two parts (1, 2). I intended to write this after the 3rd day in MDC, but I got REALLY busy after that, I was too stressed for Dody's travelling as well ... The "good" memories from the last MDC, MDC 2007 - Part 1/2 0 0 0
Agile - AND - Auditable ? Jeff Smith, January 1, 0001 I am thinking about those rabid agile guys this morning... what would they think? Before I go on, I feel I must lay my position out there... Agile methods come from process thinking as much as solid development ... Agile - AND - Auditable ? 0 0 0
Introductions are in Order Jeff Smith, January 1, 0001 Since I am new on this block, introductions are in order. I often commit to little... because I do not have to. I am neither an agile pundit nor a traditional one, neither a Microsoft hater nor an advocate. ... Introductions are in Order 0 0 2
Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 DevX is starting a new series of articles entitled Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers by Alex Homer. Part 1 is an introduction to design patterns and sets the focus for the rest of the series. I didn't ... Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers 0 0 0
Meeting the IT Peeps of Tomorow D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I had an opportunity yesterday to participate in Red River College's Directions business conference. I was part of roundtable discussions at the end of the day, where students were able to sit and talk ... Meeting the IT Peeps of Tomorow 0 0 2
Re: MDC 2007, is it worth going to? Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 Mostafa, our cool super funny designer at SilverKey, wrote to Middleest Developers yahoo group a message titled "MDC 2007, is it worth going to?". This was my reply to the message... There's only one day ... Re: MDC 2007, is it worth going to? 0 0 0
South Florida Code Camp Filling up... and look at all those juicy... Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 We are approaching the registration limit of 600 so get registered now! Info: http://codecamp.fladotnet.com Register: https://www.clicktoattend.c... Sessions: .NET Reflective ... South Florida Code Camp Filling up... and look at all those juicy... 0 0 1
Extreame Programming (XP): a development methodology Mohammad Jannatul Ferdous, January 1, 0001 We all know that methodologies implant discipline to software engineering process. The methodology adopted has a major impact on the execution of a project. XP Programming methodology has been adopted ... Extreame Programming (XP): a development methodology 0 0 2
MSF: track, workstreams, activities, areas and iterations Clara Oscura, January 1, 0001 During the past week I have been busy creating a Team System process template to be used by the MSFT Development group where I work. While discussing this topic with my boss and showing him how the MSF ... MSF: track, workstreams, activities, areas and iterations 0 0 3
Is Agile really being used? Robert May, January 1, 0001 I hear quite a bit about Agile development methodologies and their use in business, but I'm beginning to wonder if anyone REALLY does Agile development. When I was CIO, we "sort-of" did agile development, ... Is Agile really being used? 0 0 2
Some books I bought this year.. Marcos , January 1, 0001 I think I hit a record about how many books I read (and bought) this year, technical (computer related) and non computer related. This is some kind of mini list about the technical books and some kind ... Some books I bought this year.. 0 0 0
South Florida Architecture SIG "Group Share" a success.... Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 Originally conceived by Ken Hodges-Hammer (www.sipantic.com) and flushed out during lunch with Dave Noderer at Bru's Room in Deerfield Beach, FL. We scheduled the first pass last night at the Microsoft ... South Florida Architecture SIG "Group Share" a success.... 0 0 3
Something To Add To My Reading List Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I was listening to the latest episode of .NET Rocks! with Venkat Subramaniam and Andrew Hunt where they were talking about there new book. It sounds like some really good stuff. These guys were ripping ... Something To Add To My Reading List 0 0 0
What Are Mock Objects? (Specifically TypeMock) Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 The folks at TypeMock have written a page on how TypeMock makes your unit testing easier and more reliable. Mock objects help when unit testing code that has dependencies (often external) that make SetUp/TearDown ... What Are Mock Objects? (Specifically TypeMock) 0 0 0
Why Scrum is Easier to Sell Than XP Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Roy Osherove blogs about getting people to take on scrum who might fear XP. He makes a great point that I've made myself in the past when mentioning one of the reasons why he likes scrum: It does not contain ... Why Scrum is Easier to Sell Than XP 0 0 0
SKDD1 (Silver Key Demo Day 1): We enjoyed it more! Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 SilverKey Family - SKDD1 Yesterday, I got the statistics of session evaluations for SKDD1. I mentioned in an earlier post that SKDD is a conference where we liked to share knowledge about the new cool ... SKDD1 (Silver Key Demo Day 1): We enjoyed it more! 0 0 0
The Other Agile Participant Curtis Schlak, January 1, 0001 div.post {border:0px;background-colo... div.post a {color:darkolivegreen;font-... div.post h1{border-bottom:1px black solid;} div.post p {font-family:Georgia, Garamond, ... The Other Agile Participant 0 0 0
Overcoming The Challenges Of Agile In The Enterprise Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 The idea for this blog entry came from a conversation I had the other week with another consultant in the company that I work for. He was saying how he had used TDD for several projects and believed it ... Overcoming The Challenges Of Agile In The Enterprise 0 0 0
Hindsight is 20/20 Sean Chambers, January 1, 0001 The purpose of this blog posting is to hopefully identify my own pitfalls as well as help others out in avoiding pitfalls that I encountered on my current large project. I recently (8 months ago) started ... Hindsight is 20/20 0 0 0
100% Code Coverage Tim Hibbard, January 1, 0001 A very cool thing just happened. One of my classes has a 100% next to it in NCoverExplorer. Granted it's pretty much just a data store for now, but it's still 100%! Heck yes, I'm agile. If you haven't ... 100% Code Coverage 0 0 0
Process Driven or People Driven Software Development? BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Day 3 of TechEd and time for some reflections...... Solidsoft as an organization prides it's self on the customer centric, forward looking and professional manner in which we deliver our services. To that ... Process Driven or People Driven Software Development? 0 0 0
TechEd Europe 2006 Day 1 BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 The theme for this TechEd is, of course, the launch of Exchange 2007, Vista and Office 2007. What is important is that under the covers MS are also launching .NET 3 (Aka WinF) - that is WCF, Windows Foundation, ... TechEd Europe 2006 Day 1 0 0 0
How Many Asserts In a Unit Test? Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 No, this isn't like "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin". There's a somewhat animated debate in the agile community right now on the benefits of having a unit test with multiple asserts. I've ... How Many Asserts In a Unit Test? 0 0 0
Book recommendation: .NET Gotchas by Venkat Subramaniam Gabriel Lozano-Morán, January 1, 0001 "75 ways to improve Your C# and VB.NET Programs", that's what is written on the top of the cover of the book .NET Gotchas by Venkat Subramaniam. This book was first published in May 2005 ... Book recommendation: .NET Gotchas by Venkat Subramaniam 0 0 0
Hardware Review: Acer Aspire 9800 Lou Vega, January 1, 0001 Acer Aspire 9800 Pros: Awesome display (vibrancy, color, etc.) Dual Hard Drives Gigabit Ethernet Cons: Perceived performance issues Size, weight Keyboard Short Attention Span Review - "A nice looking box ... Hardware Review: Acer Aspire 9800 0 0 0
A Practical Guide to Seven Agile Methodologies Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Devx is starting a new series of articles on agile methods. Part 1 is up. You know that Agile methodology is the right thing to do, but trying to parse all the different methodologies is a major research ... A Practical Guide to Seven Agile Methodologies 0 0 0
Book Review – Pro .NET 2.0 Extreme Programming Lou Vega, January 1, 0001 Pro .NET 2.0 Extreme Programming By Greg Pearman and James Goodwill Published by Apress 2006 ISBN: 1-59059-480-0 I know there’s mixed feelings out there about Extreme Programming, especially in the ... Book Review – Pro .NET 2.0 Extreme Programming 0 0 0
Continuous Testing in an Agile Environment Ahsan Alam, January 1, 0001 I went to a Forum on 10/4/2006. It was conducted by an organization called C-SPIN, and the presenter covered a topic about “Continuous Testing in an Agile Environment”. The presenter seems to have observed ... Continuous Testing in an Agile Environment 0 0 2
Becoming Agile: Click Once deployment using NAnt Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Becoming Agile: Click Once deployment using NAnt. Great example of how to Create an initial ClickOnce application deployment package using Mage.exe, then perform update Mage.exe builds to update the Application ... Becoming Agile: Click Once deployment using NAnt 0 0 0
Book recommendation: "Practices of an Agile Developer" Gabriel Lozano-Morán, January 1, 0001 This book is the successor of The Pragmatic Programmer. The authors, Venkat Subrmamaniam (.NET Gotchas) and Andy Hunt continue on the tips given in the book The Pragmatic Programmer. They have collected ... Book recommendation: "Practices of an Agile Developer" 0 0 0
TargetProcess 2.0 Getting Closer Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 TargetProcess 2.0 is getting close. They are now planning on releasing public previews at the end of every 2 week iteration. But I don't think Steve Yegge will care :) Subscribe to the 2.0 blog Log into ... TargetProcess 2.0 Getting Closer 0 0 0
Ruby on Rails Migration Aaron Feng, January 1, 0001 Recently I decided to check out the beta version of Agile Web Development with Rails book, which is targeted to be released this fall. It is very interesting that the authors also brought agility into ... Ruby on Rails Migration 0 0 8
Another Podcast to Add to Your List Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 The other day I was looking to see if any new podcasts had popped up around .NET Development or Software Architecture. Well I did find one. Net Objectives has started (OK, they have been doing this since ... Another Podcast to Add to Your List 0 0 0
Are You Stupid For Using Agile Methods? Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Steve Yegge thinks so. He comes right out and says that if you bought into XP or Scrum you may be one of the most gullable / stupid people on Earth. This is a long article that spends half it's time mocking ... Are You Stupid For Using Agile Methods? 0 0 2
Great link for "Mashup" creation tools Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 8 mashup creation tools If you are not sure what a “Mashup”, then here’s my little definition. Mashups are lightweight and agile in two important ways. They rely on services that live ... Great link for "Mashup" creation tools 0 0 0
The naming of 'Atlas' BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 ScottGus blog has annouced: "Atlas" 1.0 Naming and Roadmap Over the last year we’ve been working hard on “Atlas”. It has evolved, changed, and grown because of the amazing amount of feedback and early ... The naming of 'Atlas' 0 0 0
Requirements (Storyboarding) with Visual Studio Team System Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 A known gap in the Visual Studio Team System / Team Foundation Server coverage of Application Life Cycle Management (“ALM”) is requirements. This tool facilitates the story-boarding (scenario) ... Requirements (Storyboarding) with Visual Studio Team System 0 0 0
This is where the magic happens Aaron Feng, January 1, 0001 We finally moved into our highly anticipated new office space. It was designed to be friendly with plenty of white boards and space to move around. The whole back wall in our development area can be used ... This is where the magic happens 0 0 0
MSF For Agile Software Development Process Guidance Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 If you're a fan of the Microsoft Solutions Framework (I personally go back and forth--to me, there's a lot of "duh!" in it, and on the flip-side there's an awful lot of overkill), or a fan of Agile development ... MSF For Agile Software Development Process Guidance 0 0 0
A Great Metaphor Bryan Corazza, January 1, 0001 I was doing what I typically do in my very small amount of down time I was reading my blog feeds from some of my favorite bloggers. One blog that I read religiously is Brian Button. I've had the pleasure ... A Great Metaphor 0 0 0
Survey Says: Agile Works in Practice Matthew Podwysocki, January 1, 0001 In a recent post on Dr. Dobb's Portal, there was an good article that caught my eye today about Agile Development. In this article it clearly shows that Agile Development is clearly gaining ground. I thought ... Survey Says: Agile Works in Practice 0 0 0
Agile Retrospectives Aaron Feng, January 1, 0001 Retrospectives are a way for a software development teams to discuss and figure out ways to resolve issues when an increment of work is done. The strength of the retrospective comes from focusing on the ... Agile Retrospectives 0 0 1
Podcasts - the answer to all that wasted drive time. Eric Hexter, January 1, 0001 Since June, I put in a USB enabled stereo in my car. Combine that with Juice (an open source podcast downloader) and I have all I need to painlessly change that time to and from work, from wasted time ... Podcasts - the answer to all that wasted drive time. 0 0 0
Remember Who The Enemy Is Mike Nichols, January 1, 0001 I have been reading several posts from folks I respect for their advancement of practices like TDD, Agile ,DDD, and so on. Their wisdom has helped give me a great toolset to build deep, maintainable code ... Remember Who The Enemy Is 0 0 4