Recently a situation were I needed to pull out the dependency injection and inversion of control skills came up again. The need for loose coupling in so many projects is vital to these patterns. I was going to start writing an article, but then realized there are some really amazing ones out there. They point... Continue reading →

The VS.NET integrated build monitor is great. This thing helps you keep track of your latest changes, the status of the build, and other information right at your fingertips. If you’re using ReSharper and NUnit (or other integrated test framework) you get even more functionality. First just install the TeamCity Visual Studio Add-in Tool. You... Continue reading →

A quick tip o' the day, that really has nothing to do specifically with software development – but is none the less a very good tip. Meetings can be awesome and useful, or they can be useless and wasteful at best. There are a couple reasons; Any meeting over 30 minutes is absolutely wasteful. Too... Continue reading →

No point in getting all thought provoking, it is Friday. So go entertain yourself. http://xkcd.com Important Life Lesson Playing the Devil’s Advocate to Win Shopping Teams Continue reading →

Integration tests are dependant tests that go across boundaries; database to the data layer, UI to the client layer, Model Layer of the MVC to the Something Layer, and the list goes on. These tests are not something that can be added to a build solution without first getting the various segments actually “running”. We... Continue reading →