I’ve had the pleasure of working with many exceptionally talented developers over the years. Yet I’ve noticed the downfall of a few of the brightest minds is a penchant for resume’ driven development (RDD). So what’s RDD? It’s characterized by … Read on...
Strongly Typed .NET Session Pattern
When working in a strongly typed language like C#, I prefer to avoid being “stringly typed“. Thus I typically wrap .NET’s session object with a custom wrapper. This offers three core benefits:
- Compile-time error checking to protect from
Kill the Zombies in Your Code
With Halloween nearly upon us, it seems appropriate to discuss a widespread problem in software development: zombie code. Nearly every codebase I work with is littered with small chunks or large swaths of commented out code. This is zombie Code.… Read on...
How RESTful is Your API?
It’s been over a decade since Roy Fielding wrote his seminal dissertation on Representation State Transfer (REST). Over this period we’ve seen SOAP/WSDL fall out of favor as the cool kids transition their services over to the REST paradigm. Or … Read on...
The Joy of Prototype Driven Development
I’m a big believer in PDD. Why? Because we clearly need another TLA in our lives. Okay, as a good developer seeing an unfamiliar acronym you likely just Googled for PDD and found a set of links on Pervasive Developmental … Read on...
Visual Studio Tip: Locate Current File in Solution Explorer on Demand
Visual Studio doesn’t offer an easy way to locate the current file you’re editing in the Solution Explorer on demand. You can set the solution explorer to always stay in sync with this simple setting:
Tools Options Projects and … Read on...
Not Enough Time To Build It Sloppy
“Just write it quick and dirty. We can clean it up later.” When deadlines loom and clients are angry it’s hard to argue. Yet the hard truth is most technical debt is never paid down.
Technical debt is insidious because … Read on...