Wayne Allen's Weblog
pragmatic agility
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Agile Process Smells: Introduction
I've been quiet recently, but busy. Last spring I moved from the consulting world back into "regular" employment where I manage a couple of product teams and internally consult on iterative software development and agile approaches. Since starting here I have run across a number of "Process Smells" that I encountered in my coaching/consulting days that are begging to be written down. So here I go.
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Watir Hint for Working with ImageButtons
Dustin, one of my co-workers, ran into a problem accessing the "alt" attribute on image buttons using Watir and discovered a useful trick:
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Presenting TDD at Code Camp 2005 in Portland, OR
I'll be presenting a session on TDD at the 2005 Portland, OR Code Camp on July 23 at 11:15am.
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[Article]Simplify Data Layer Unit Testing using Enterprise Services
Roy has a really nice article that addresses the problem of testing data access code. The only thing is that it is missing a really important step assuming you are using object like views, stored procedures, user defined functions, rules, etc. I've been bitten in the past often enough ignoring this issue that I make sure I pick an approach rather hoping it just works.
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London Bound
I'll be in London next week (6/19-6/24) so if anyone wants to get together in the evening drop me a line.
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International Addresses
Darrell pointed me to this site on International Addresses and the complexities therein.
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Together Developer for Visual Studio.NET
Borland has released a version of Together Developer that integrates into VS.NET. Check out the screen casts. I'm thinking that Together combined with ReSharper from JetBrains could be one killer combination.
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Perspectives: A User Interface Approach Appropriate for Agile Methods?
Scott Came turned me on to a UI concept called "Perspectives" that is well implemented in Eclipse. The project has some documentation and an overview that is an interesting read.
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HDD DVD to Spell the End of Big Media as we know it?
Mike Rogers writes about how HDD DVD will change everthing.
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Combining Google Maps with CraigsList Housing - Cool Stuff
Greg Hughes turned me on to this site which combines the extremely cool Google Maps interface with the Craigs List housing listings in such a seamless way that it is hard to believe that the data comes from two completely separate sources. Check it out!