So I just realized the latest SCSF has been released. This is a software package that we’ve been using for the entire project that I’ve been on for almost a year now. The SCSF has saved us tons of time, even though it is somewhat cumbersome and if one is unfamiliar with CAB/MVP/MVC there is... Continue reading →

Anti-Patterns are dangerous, Patterns are cool, and useful, and good, and life saving, and career advancing, and… you get the point. Avoid the anti-patterns, live healthy. Patterns don’t work if refactoring is not frequent enough to maintain pattern integrity. A major anti-pattern that creeps in all to frequently to projects. Unit Testing Without TDD Hurts.... Continue reading →

Anyone using Visual Studio .NET reading the start page would know about this, but I thought it neeed a dedicated post. Microsoft has completely redesigned the navigation and search of MSDN. I personally dig the new design, it isn’t as convoluted in other browsers (like Opera and Firefox). In IE it also works smoother than... Continue reading →

Competition is a key factor of the software industry. It’s why the industry can get the talent, people, and entrepeneurial spirit that it has. A problem has come back that is a familiar beast in the indusrty, everybody is short of 100% on staffing. The key factors are still there in the staffing needs; competancy,... Continue reading →

I started last night working some demo modules out of the Professional Community Server book from Wrox written by Wyatt Preul, Keyvan Nayyeri, Jose Lema, and Jim Martin. The book has been a good starting point and for the most part well written, I do however have a few points of contention. While working through... Continue reading →