LINKBLOG for February 8, 2009
Feb 8th, 2009 by AZuidhof
CCD Red Degree Practice – Version Control – Michael Minutillo
A story directly from Copy/Paste hellI don’t believe in signing up to stories for an iteration – Sarah Taraporewalla
.Net Framework/OS Map – Greg Duncan
‘ Helps answer the question, “What version of the .Net Framework can be installed on what Windows OS version?” ‘EventHandler Extension Method – Nate Kohari
‘ This helps you avoid having to repeat the boilerplate code that goes along with the typical event-firing pattern ‘Cleaner domain objects with MVC RC DropDownList improvement – Billy McCafferty
Why There Should Not Be a “Release Backlog” – Mike Cohn
‘ introducing the concept of a Release Backlog actually makes it harder for product owners to do one of the most important things they should be doing (…) ‘Take Charge of Your Security – Phil Haacked
‘ The lesson here is that you always have to think about security. There’s no silver bullet ‘
Somehow I am attracted for years to everyone saying “no silver bullet”. Probably since reading the seminal paperPowerShell, Processes, and Piping – James Kovacs
‘ Let’s try something more complex and find all processes using more than 200MB of memory (…) ‘
James drills down into PowerShell usage for developersManaging != Coaching – Jurgen Appelo
(…) as a functional manager you must also make sure that all your people have a personal coach. But that doesn’t have to be you! ‘Refactoring: Comment it out vs small steps removal – Mark Needham
Comment out old probably unused code, or remove code step by step when in refactoring mode? Mark says for both is a place and a timeThoughts on AJAX Preview 4 and JSINQ – K. Scott Allen
Some questions for technology managers…. How healthy are your teams? – Eric Hexter
‘ Here is a list of some questions that identify symptoms that a development organization is in need of some help ‘IoC libraries compared: Windsor Update – Chris Brandsma
‘ I had some less than flattering words about Castle Windsor in my mass review of IoC libraries. Naturally the Windsor crowd thought I was nuts ‘What’s In A Code Review? – Xerxes Battiwalla
‘ But what happens during a “code review”? There’s no single answer to this question and my experience is that it varies considerably based on a number of factors ‘Do You Do Web Work During Weekends? – Celine Roque
Changing default creation policy from shared (singleton) to non-shared (transient) – David Kean
‘ One of the things that you might run across when starting to work with MEF, is that, by default, all parts are created as singleton (‘shared’) instances ‘The Other Interface – Kenneth Roper
‘ (…) define your logging standard at the same time as you define your other non-functional requirements, and similarly enforce it as the system evolves ‘
Kenneth describes the Logging strategy as the greatest help when it comes to bug fixing100 Interview Questions to Ask Employers – Basil Vandegriend
As an addition to Jurgen’s 100 Interview Questions for Software Developers Basil finds in an interview series both parties need to prepare themselves equally well. Good post, most of the time we look at interviews from the employer point of view: will this developer be a good fit for my company? But it is at least as important that new hires can feel at home with the way the company is going about doing business
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