I’m ashamed to admit it, but over three months ago (in late August 2008 to be exact!), I was contacted by Patrick Smacchia who is (among other things) the author of the NDepend software metrics reporting and analysis tool. Patrick asked if I would take a look at the product in its recent incarnation, evaluate [...]
For background on this post (and why its needed), go read my prior post CR_ClassCleaner (and CR_Documentor) builds updated for DXCore 3.2.2, but suffice it to say that DevExpress has updated its DXCore runtime (and the corresponding versions of CodeRush and RefactorPro!) to v 3.2.3 and this has meant the need to recompile the CR_ClassCleaner [...]
The other day I received some feedback on the way the Domain Model in the Autumn of Agile series is shaping up. The relevant parts of the e-mailed comments are as follows…
I am a little confused about where to put the business rules. Into model objects or in a higher level layer (such as a [...]
I am pleased to announce that I have just been confirmed as one of the speakers @ the upcoming NYC CodeCamp on 1/10/2009. Apparently my voluminous presentation abstract didn’t scare them away from me .
I’ll be speaking @ 9:15am on TDD (surprise~!) where I will be giving a live-demo from empty .cs file to the [...]
For those interested in better understanding what is and what isn’t in the recently-released (free) CodeRush Xpress product vs the commercial CodeRush/RefactorPro combination, Mark Miller (of DevExpress) has recently posted a comprehensive listing of the feature comparison of the two products on his blog.
Hope this helps clarify what is and is not in the CodeRush [...]
The NYC code camp for Jan 10th has just opened registration via the following link…
https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=134146
If you are interested in attending, I recommend that you sign up ASAP as space tends to fill up quickly for these events given the number of (potential) attendees that are present in the greater NYC area.
Hope to see you there~!
In this comment to one of my posts, Ryan asks…
Can you give any insight as to what life would be like, if I decided to migrate away from Guids as my IDs to Ints?
Sure: it would look exactly the same except your entities would derive from IntIdentityPersistenceBase instead of GuidIdentityPersistenceBase
Seriously though, this a great [...]
Every now and then as a creative person, you have PWOP moment. For those unfamiliar with the reference, ‘PWOP’ is the sound that’s made by slapping one’s hand against one’s forehead and is often accompanied by phrases like “I should have thought of that!” or “Of course! What a great idea!” or even “Duh!“ The [...]
I’m happy to report that the latest installment in the Autumn of Agile screencast series is now available for immediate download from the main site.
Refactoring to Eliminate Technical Debt
In this screencast, we take some time to do some (minor) refactorings to start to pay down some technical debt that we’ve started to incur in the [...]
As of now, I’m happy to announce that the next installment of the Autumn of Agile Screencast series is available for download and viewing from the main site.
WARNING: Length is still an issue!
Despite my best efforts to contain the length of these things, this one has now set a brand new (personal) record for length: [...]
