Gojko Adzic

Distributed systems are not typically a place where domain driven design is applied. Distributed processing projects often start with an overall architecture vision and an idea about a processing model which basically drives the whole thing, including object design if it exists at all. Elaborate object designs are thought of as something that just gets in the way of distribution and performance, so the idea of spending time to apply DDD principles gets rejected in favour of raw throughput and processing power. However, from my experience, some more advanced DDD concepts can significantly improve performance, scalability and throughput of distributed systems when applied correctly. Continue Reading »

Sticky Minds web site published a review of my book Test Driven .NET Development with FitNesse, concluding that:

By reading this book and then either implementing the example as specified or by using the author’s concepts, you would be hard pressed not to come out of the experience a much better developer.

You can read the whole review here

A quick reminder – we’re 30 days away from the Opensource .NET Exchange III, a mini conference on new trends and tools in the open source .NET world. The exchange will traditionally take place at the Crypt in central London and start at 6:30 PM. It’s free but register now to save your place. See http://skillsmatter.com/event/open-source-dot-net/open-source-dot-net-exchange-iii.

About a year ago I wrote one of the most popular posts on this blog, How to publish your own book, a write-up on the process of self-publishing my first book. One more self-published book later, I tried out many of the ideas on what I would do better after the first one. My latest book, Bridging the communication gap, looks and feels a lot better than the first one. It is getting some really great reviews, often being labeled as a ‘must read’ for all those working on agile team. So I must have done something good – and it is time to update the self-publishing write-up as well. Continue Reading »

Skills matter is organising a free evening talk by Wadud Ruf titled “Utilising WATiR to Test in an Agile Environment” on 30th of June. For more information, see http://skillsmatter.com/event-details/home/utilising-watir-to-test-in-an-agile-environment.