What Exactly Are You Trying To Prove?
Frans Bouma wrote an interesting response to my last post, Writing Testable Code Is About Managing Complexity entitled Correctness Provability should be the goal, not Testability.
Read MoreWriting Testable Code Is About Managing Complexity
When discussing the upcoming ASP.NET MVC framework, one of the key benefits I like to tout is how this framework will improve testability of your web applications.
Read MoreGroupthink Vs Market Think
In his book, The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations (title long enough for you?), James Surowiecki argues that decisions made by a crowd are generally better than those made by any single individual in the group.
Read MoreHilarious Quote on Computing Power
Seen in Twitter today
Read MoreWhat Happens At Conferences In Vegas Do Not Stay In Vegas
Last week I was busy in Las Vegas at the DevConnections/OpenForce conferences, and unlike that pithy but over-used catch-phrase, what happens at a conference in Vegas should definitely not stay in Vegas but should be blogged (only things during sessions that won’t get anyone in trouble).
Read MoreThe REST-Like Aspect Of ASP.NET MVC
While at DevConnections/OpenForce, I had some great conversations with various people on the topic of ASP.NET MVC. While many expressed their excitement about the framework and asked when they could see the bits (soon, I promise), there were several who had mixed feelings about it. I relish these conversations because it helps highlight the areas in which we need to put more work in and helps me become a better communicator about it.
Read MoreRhino Mocks + Extension Methods + MVC == Crazy Delicious
UPDATE: This content is a bit outdated as these interfaces have changed in ASP.NET MVC since the writing of this post.
Read MoreDon't Buy Our Book. Win It. Or Win that XBox. Your Choice.
Recently I gave out a few free copies of a book I co-wrote, but ran out quickly. This is the same book that Jeff Atwood (a co-author) told everyone, Do Not Buy This Book.
Read MoreA Library For Executing SQL Scripts With GO Separators and Template Parameters
One thing I’ve found with various open source projects is that many of them contain very useful code nuggets that could be generally useful to developers writing different kinds of apps. Unfortunately, in many cases, these nuggets are hidden. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, Man, I wonder how that one open source app does XYZ because I could use that in this app, then you know what I mean.
Read MoreMy Blog Lives In The Matrix
A while back, Jon Galloway asked the question, Can Operating Systems tell if they’re running in a Virtual Machine? What a silly question! When was the last time an Operating System questioned its own existence? Is that going to be in the next version of Windows - Windows Vista Into Its Own Soul? Or perhaps Apple will come out with Mac OS Existentialist?
Read MoreDevConnections and OpenForce 2007 in Vegas
From Monday night to Thursday afternoon next week I will be in Las Vegas attending both DevConnections/ASPConnections as well as the DotNetNuke OpenForce conference. After that, I will be up in Redmond for the next week.
Read MoreWhat Does Protected Internal Mean?
Pop quiz for you C# developers out there. Will the following code compile?
Read MoreMySpace China Blogs Powered By Subtext
An undisclosed source informed me that MySpace China is using a modified version of Subtext for its blogging engine.
Read MoreMr Subsonic Joins Microsoft
Like a lovesick puppy, my good friend Rob Conery is following me to Microsoft.
Read MoreDrinking from the Fire Hose At Microsoft
For those starting out at Microsoft, an analogy that you’re likely to hear a lot is “Drinking from the firehose”. The first time I’ve ever heard this phrase was when Dare used it in a post about the flood of information due to subscribing to multiple RSS feeds.
Read MoreSeattle Code Camp Nov 17 and 18
If you live in the Seattle area and like code, talking about code, or listening to people talk about code, you owe it to yourself to check out the Seattle Code Camp.
Read MoreBack In Business
Many of you noticed that my blog was down. Thanks for the heads up. For some reason, it was pegging the CPU at 100% all of a sudden. Not sure why this was happening since nobody made any changes to the server. At least no changes they would fess up to ;).
Read MoreGeek Dinner In Seattle/Redmond Sunday Night
UPDATE: We decided on the Three Lions Pub in Redmond at 7:30 PM
Read MoreThe Greatest Compliment A Developer Can Receive
Here’s the dirty little secret about being a software developer. No matter how good the code you write is, it’s crap to another developer.
Read MoreALT.NET Should Be Divisive, But Not Contrarian
In his post Goodby CodeBetter and ALT.NET, Sam Gentile writes about his dissatisfaction with CodeBetter and the ALT.NET movement. I don’t know Sam personally, but I’ve read his blog for a long time and know him to be a well reasoned thoughtful person.
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