I am a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD.) Seeing as some of the folks at work are looking to get their certifications, I spent some time today reviewing possible tracks to upgrade my credential to Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD.) I was happy to discover that I am eligible [...]
UPDATE: Assembla.com has changed their ways. The bottom line is their free, private spaces hosting option is no longer available. In my opinion, they still have a valuable service, it’s simply not as great now that I have to pay for it. A good while back, I commented about SVN Hosting through SVNRepository.com. [...]
Last Friday, a fellow coder asked the team for podcast recommendations. Since I listen to anywhere from 6-10 podcasts a week, I was happy to share what is currently in my top podcast rotation. It is worth noting that those of us in the .NET community are rather fortunate as there are a number of [...]
For my birthday, back in early July, I received an Apple gift certificate for the exact purchase price of a shiny new version 2.0 iPhone. Since I already own the first generation iPhone and I have a tendency to avoid ridiculously long, seemingly endless lines, I haven’t picked up my present yet. Actually, the last [...]
I am currently on the bench at work waiting for my next assignment to start up in a few days. Rather than sit around, read blogs and listen to podcasts, I’m keeping myself busy by putting together the beginnings of a code library to be shared across our development team. Yesterday I started the foundation. [...]
As I mentioned last week, I am new to TDD. For better or worse, all of my tests (and spikes) have been generated via Visual Studio Test Projects. Working with VS Test Projects hasn’t been all that bad although I noticed a couple of annoyances right away. Is anyone else bothered by the fact that, [...]
I am relatively new to the Test Driven Development (TDD) scene. Though I have read up on the subject (specifically Test Driven: TDD and Acceptance TDD for Java Developers by Lasse Koskela), my only hands-on experience is limited to a single, 3-month project where I was the lone developer. All other information gathered on the [...]