LINKBLOG for February 11, 2009
Feb 11th, 2009 by AZuidhof
Due Diligence and Code Comments – K. Scott Allen
‘ This is the silly tale of a strange due diligence process I experienced. It happened several years ago but I couldn’t talk about it at the time ‘Entropy in software – Jimmy Bogard
‘ One of the greatest lessons I had growing up was from my music teacher, on improvement:
You’re either getting better or getting worse, but you’re never standing still ‘ASP.NET MVC – Model != BLL or DAL – Dave Bush
10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites – Paul Boag
Work Item Rules Workarounds: Validating Area Path – Gregg Boer
C# 3.5 Starting to Gel – Jason Haley
Back to Basics: 32-bit and 64-bit confusion around x86 and x64 and the .NET Framework and CLR – Scott Hanselman
C#: Properties vs Methods -Mark Needham
The Decline and Fall of Agilists – Kelly Waters
The story continues, but me thinks we’ve seen enough about Agile being dead or fallen from it’s throne. Whatever. Let’s stop now OK, and just practice it, or not, for that matter. Do what you want, I don’t care.Buzzword Driven Development Isn’t Gonna Help You – Davy Brion
‘ The thing about all of these styles is that they all have some merit (some arguably more than others), but none of them is a silver bullet ‘
Yes, ladies and gents. The infamous silver bullet again. Davy asks us to stop mindlessly preaching about xDD and what have you as if it were the gospel; stop for a while and try to see things into perspective.
Maybe it’s time for a xDD-less week/month?Please explain your build numbering system – Scott Cate
‘ Build numbers are tricky. Just a set of digits, that we all try so hard to make more valuable than 1.0.0.0 ‘
One of those things we are never able to agree on, so much points of view you could take here. It should be possible to even write a book on it. Wait, *is* there already one?Building A Better ‘Transactive Memory’ – Relying On Mavens Vs. Going By Expert Opinions – Rajiv Popat
5 ways to be a more efficient developer in 5 minutes – Angry Hacker
More tips to be efficient coderA better, easier way to make sure you’ve globalized everything – Dan Morphis
‘ making sure you’ve gotten all the strings globalized can be a real pain ‘XAML Guidelines and Best Practices – Corey Schuman
Is Quality Important? – Jason Young
O, Jeff and Joel, you are causing quite the stir these days, be it intentional or unintentional
Marketing is Design: Three Words that Increased My E-commerce Sales 1000% Overnight – Rob Walling
Rob takes us in the wonderful world of marketing and conversion rates
‘ there are a lot of great theories about marketing, but no one can tell you the exact thing that’s going to lead to an uptick in sales ‘Getting CruiseControl.NET working with SVN over HTTPS – Tony Rasa
Functional/Acceptance Test Tools for Web Apps – Mark Levison
The lean, mean, rebuild-ready machine – Josh Twist
Windows 2008 Symbolic Links – Dru Sellers
Practical IOC slides and code – Matt Hinze
Testing – Mandated By God! – Tim Barcz
just so you know!Metric – Adam Wiggins
‘ A map of countries that don’t use the metric system ‘
Take a look at the map. ‘Nuff said. Are you in one of those 3 countries – I do realize that chance is, you are…Entrepreneurship Ecosystem In India – Abhijit Nadgouda
‘ I even saw an entrepreneurship course being introduced for engineering graduates ‘
Ehhh, what the….? You can learn how to program, it will eventake you ten years to do a decent job. But entrepreneurship is more like an immutable boolean. You’re either 0 or 1, and have to deal with it for you whole life. But that’s just my 2c of course.EagerReadDerivation – Martin Fowler
Is Good Design Replicable? – Joshua Porter
‘ Is there evidence that someone following a certain process produces great design every time? ‘How to Annoy Your Boss (14 Real-Life Tips) – Jurgen Appelo
‘ Your standard reply for any team problem should be that communication by management is abysmal. If your manager doesn’t agree, ignore him ‘
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