Previously, I posted how to support developers running Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005 on the same .Net 2.0 solution on the same team, built, CI server, etc . The solution is to have 2 solution files. These files have to be kept in sync to keep a healthy build process. It is very important...

I'll be attending the AltNetConf . Convenient for me that it's in Austin, TX. It's an open space conference, and I consider it the founding conference of a conversation that is "Alt.Net". I'll be proposing the topic: What are the Alt.Net principles? . The definition of Alt.Net...

Technologies are coming and going faster than every before. In this environment, how can we provide companies with a good return for their software investment. Looking back, J2EE was all the rage. Software executives were banking on J2EE and making significant investments. The same thing happened with...

I have learned an important lesson from my combined experiences at all the places I've worked. That is: raw requirements cause waste. A term I've used (and have heard others use) is that requirements are either "baked" or "not baked". For a development team to plan an iteration...

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=322781 The above is a link to an Arcast episode where I had a conversation with Ron Jacobs about what an Agile Architect is. Give it a listen and tell me what you thought. My basic point (beyond introducing Agile for those not familiar) was that the architect...

I've had numerous requests to publish my podcast list, so here it is. Here is what I listen to on my commute to and from client sites or, in the case of this month, to and from a buddy's wedding several states away. http://polymorphicpodcast.com/podcast/feed/ http://channel9.msdn.com/rss.aspx...

There it is. A pile of ripped up note cards denoting all the engineering tasks completed by my pair. This was an unusual day because it started at 7:30am with some white board modeling and brain-crunching a very, very tough problem. We wrote out some tasks to get us started, and we played the TDD game...

I am a big fan of shortcut keys. I find that if I can keep my hands on the keyboard and not reach for the mouse, my productivity stays high. First, I want to say thanks to Steve Donie for this change in my mindset. Steve has a key for everything, and if there is not a key for it, he has a batch script...

I found out today that my wife is with child, and we're having a baby! Now, on with the post. . . Integration testing isn't your basic 200-level topic at an MSDN event. It can be very involved. I believe that a good integration test has to depend on targeted unit tests being present. Consider...

After being tagged my numerous people, here's my 5. My long-time readers might know some of these if they've been reading closely over the past few years, but here are 5 things about me that aren't widely known: In college, I was a member of the Texas A&M country & western dance team...