Archive for April, 2008

  • One of central agile programming ideas is to deliver frequently and get feedback early. To get the full benefits of this approach, it is not enough just to make sure that we deliver often and seek feedback — it is extremely important to plan our deliveries correctly as well. If...

    Delivering useful software

    One of central agile programming ideas is to deliver frequently and get feedback early. To get the full benefits of this approach, it is not enough just to make sure that we deliver often and seek feedback — it is extremely important to plan our deliveries correctly as well. If...

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  • I have been using the Castle Project for about two years now, and it is definitely one of my favourite tools. It is truly a great example of how a good application framework should be written. Although all the concepts that it provides have been around for a while and...

    What makes a good application framework

    I have been using the Castle Project for about two years now, and it is definitely one of my favourite tools. It is truly a great example of how a good application framework should be written. Although all the concepts that it provides have been around for a while and...

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  • It is fairly obvious that web site performance can be increased by making the code run faster and optimising the response time. But that only scales up to a point. To really take our web sites to the next level, we need to look at the performance problem from a...

    Lazy web sites run faster

    It is fairly obvious that web site performance can be increased by making the code run faster and optimising the response time. But that only scales up to a point. To really take our web sites to the next level, we need to look at the performance problem from a...

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  • Here’s the video from last week’s Effective .NET Test Driven Development FitNesse workshop. The workshop focused on introducing agile acceptance testing and working with FitNesse, with best practices and ideas how to use fixtures efficiently. The recording is about two hours long. See also: Key ideas from the workshop Source...

    Effective .NET Test Driven Development with FitNesse — Workshop video

    Here’s the video from last week’s Effective .NET Test Driven Development FitNesse workshop. The workshop focused on introducing agile acceptance testing and working with FitNesse, with best practices and ideas how to use fixtures efficiently. The recording is about two hours long. See also: Key ideas from the workshop Source...

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