Dave Laribee

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• Super Models, Part 2: Avoid Mutators

  A quick disclaimer: we're entering religious territory here. I feel strongly about this issue, but it's certainly my opinion. If you want to get the full sense of how passionate people are about this issue, check out this article at JavaWorld... Posted Jul 08 2008, 10:11 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 17 comment(s) Filed under: code, DDD, oo, opinion

• Entity Framework: Our Albatross

  Looks like another Entity Framework barfight! Hell, I'll join the fray started by Jeremy . I feel compelled given that I'm part of the NHibernate Mafia . Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross... Posted May 19 2008, 08:12 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: ALT.NET, Entity Framework, opinion

• Early Tool Theory

  I got into a series of interesting conversations with the usual suspects , Austin edition , about tools . I wouldn't say we covered what I'm about to outline here in totality; these snippets are only starting to coalesce and firm up in my mind... Posted Apr 03 2008, 09:38 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: lean, opinion, tools

• Mapping BDD

  In my last post I offered a concise snapshot of how I'm practicing Behavior-Driven Development. Based on feedback, it was probably a little too concise and meta to provide any kind of valuable takeaways or discussion points, so I'm going to unpack... Posted Mar 11 2008, 10:41 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, BDD, collective ownership, opinion, TDD

• What's Your ALT.NET?

  Rob Reynolds offers a valuable perspective on the whole how do you define ALT.NET riff in his "What's Your ALT.NET?" post: Passion . I love what I do and I get very passionate about it. I love to argue about the best way to go about architecting... Posted Dec 11 2007, 03:53 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: ALT.NET, Community, opinion

• A Proposal for Splitting the ALT.NET List

  I saw something about breaking up the altnetconf Yahoo list and would like to propose an initial structure. To be clear: the purpose of this proposal is to address two questions about the current list: 1) Should we break up the list? 2) If yes, how should... Posted Dec 11 2007, 03:33 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: ALT.NET, altnetconf, Community, Culture, Leadership, opinion

• System.Web.EatDirtMonoRail?

  Ben writes (emphasis his): System.Web.MVC will reach an audience that MonoRail doesn’t: The corporate giant who already swallowed the pill and will do anything that Microsoft pushes, good or bad . And a lot of consultants work firmly in this space. That's... Posted Oct 16 2007, 12:28 AM by Dave Laribee with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: microsoft, monorail, mvc, open source, opinion, Rails, Ruby