Arjan’s World

Blogging might be a bit light the next couple weeks, due to lot’s of (positive!) things on this guy’s plate.

• Are we all toddlers? – Jonas Bandi
  Jonas sees software development is evolving so fast, that in fact we might remain a child forever. Wonderful thought don’t you think, being a child forever? Well, at least in that case we’re children under the continuous pressure or learn-or-be-eaten ‘ (…) during most of the time in which I was being prepared for my future professional life, the stage in which this professional life should take place was not even nearly defined! ‘
• How To Write Testable ASP.NET UserControls – Davy Brion
  ‘ This approach makes it possible to create UserControls which you can easily write unit tests for (…) ‘
• Book Review: Finding a New Career that Values Your IT Knowledge – Rob Walling
  ‘ (…) the unique concept of this book: to provide alternatives to IT workers looking to change careers, but who want to leverage their existing technical knowledge ‘
• Karl and his XAML Power Toys – Marlon Grech
  ‘ Karl Shifflett has done a great job in his new XAML Power Toys. This tool can really speed up development big time ‘
• Working from Home – Nate Kohari
  Nate explains the pro’s and cons if his recent working-from-home adventure ‘ Since your office is your home, your home is also your office, and so you never really “punch out” ‘
• My 10 common mistakes in ASP.NET – Mads Kristensen
  Willing to improve himself, Mads asked his test lead where he can improve his work
• What Google Engineers do for Fun: Computerized Lego Art Project – “Break it Down” Blog
• The Arrogant and The Assholes: Both Are Incompetent – Bob Sutton
  ‘ In fact, arrogance and acting like an asshole are especially great risks among people who are “winning” for the moment ‘ Just think about this for a moment, and try to apply it to different situations in life/work/economy etc.
• MVC Storefront Part 22: Restructuring, Rerouting, and PayPal – Rob Conery
  latest MVC Storefront webcast
• IOC: Discoverable Services with Extension Methods – Paul Stovell
  ‘ I think this does a great job of solving the discoverability problem while still making maintenance easy ‘
• Do we really need to say goodbye to MD5’s? – Greg Duncan
  ‘ There are 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 reasons there’s maybe no rush… ‘
• The Transition from TDD to BDD – Ben Scheirman
  ‘ Often times you still end up with messy tests that have tons of code duplication and very little solubility. TDD is still difficult for me, even though I’ve done it for 4 years ‘ An experienced TDD’er, Ben thinks it is time to move one step higher
• Exploring Caching in ASP.NET – Abhijit Jana
  Extensive, basic introduction
• During Tough Times, The Echo Chamber Can Be Your Best Friend – Brian Solis
  ‘ As counter intuitive as it may seem, this is exactly the right time to market into the echo chamber to earn the support of influentials who will create significant, concentrated brand visibility and momentum to carry you forward ‘
• What are your favorite .Net 3.5 books to get learn the details? – Jason Haley