LINKBLOG for October 23, 2008
Oct 23rd, 2008 by AZuidhof
Minimize Code, Maximize Data – Mike Arace
‘ All new code is elegant. Time is what makes it kludgy ‘StackOVerflow Notifier – Roy Osherove
For all you StackOverflow addictsAgile Success Story: interview on how Agile movement helps company to grow and succeed – P Bielicki
Is Corporate IT a form of emotional abuse? – Leon Bambrick
Leon is spot-on today!Product Parenting – Eric Sink
‘ To highlight the differences between product management and people management, I’m going to start by offering a brief but reasonably complete lecture on managing people in a software company ‘How is interacting with your data repository in your controller ‘Different’ or ‘Better’ than doing it in your code behind? – Derik Whittaker
Where are the DDD sample applications? – Jimmy Bogard
Jimmy’s message is – if I rephrase correctly – that DDD is not really to be understood by code samples alone. It’s more a model and a pattern than something that is directly being read from or put in source codeGreat Article on Using TFS to Create a Robust Dev Environment – Angela Binkowski
The Weekly Source Code 35 – Zip Compressing ASP.NET Session and Cache State – Scott Hanselman
Scott has results for the survey he did some weeks ago, it is interesting to see which parts of the Framework are used by which part of respondents. Do realize that the population reading Scott’s blog will differ substantially from the average .NET developer
So it looks like today (well, yesterday to be honest) is anti-singleton day, with multiple people blogging to the it’s disadvantage (remember the poor thing being interviewed in the Head First Design Patterns book?)Embracing Change with Agile Practices – Chris Spagnuolo
‘ Building software is complex. Every time you think have something nailed down, the requirements change. In fact, it reminds me of a quote from Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” ‘ Funny how you can connect everythingThe One Thing Every Software Engineer Should Know – Jeff Atwood
Which is according to Jeff: marketing!Rendering and Layouts – Kevin Jones
Contrasting page rendering in Rails (RoR) and ASP.NETMastering the Art of Prioritization – Joel Falconer
How do you tackle your task list: “GTD” or “biggest first”?CEOs Plundering Corporate Coffers – John Hunter
‘ I must say I am amazed at how brazenly those participating in looting companies from within are; and how it is accepted ‘Dependency Injection Myth: Reference Passing – Miško Hevery
‘ Notice how the removal of Singleton global look up has cleaned up the code. This code is now easy to test since in a test we can instantiate a new UserRepository and pass in a fake database connection into the constructor ‘ This you need to know: not all implementations of design patterns are OKSun PDF Import Adds PDF Editing to OpenOffice.org – Adam Pash
Cool stuff for OpenOffice addicts like meFind the Root of a C# Hierarchy – Tim M
Code sampleHow to improve .NET code by integrating hints for ReSharper – Rinat Abdullin
helpful. Found via Twitter / AlvinAshcraftCase Of The Robotic Reflex – Part X – Security Monkey
My favorite monkey has a new case file installment! Start here if you missed the previous 9 episodes. He should post more often, since the first one is from Nov 2007….Presenting the KaizenConf Workshops – Dave Laribee
Is blogging dead? – Rory Cellan-Jones
‘ Oh dear. My response was to go straight home – and write a blog post ‘
So everone and their dog think blogging is dead. Nonsense! It’s just the way we use blogs that’s different: IMHO blogging will become more…hmm, let’s say, professional, while the new kids on the block might be starting to use Twitter, Facebook and other social stuff more. It’s really just a matter of the tools growing upWhy New Developers Should Consider Contracting – Max Pool
‘ While job hopping is one way to gain diversified experience, may I offer an alternative – contract work ‘ Excellent advice, don’t waste ten years of your life seeing only company. This applies not only to young developers but also more experienced ones who are rusting away in their first job, IMHO
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