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Some comments are a total waste of time

I am all for comments in code (gasp I know) but some are just a total waste of time. Case in point. I came across this today. /// <summary> /// Commit Transaction. /// </summary> public void CommitTransaction() { ........ } WTF, I guess putting the Commit Transaction comment makes it more...

Posted to Derik Whittaker (Weblog) by Derik Whittaker on 09-29-2008
What First - CI or Unit Testing?

Here's a conversation I just had with another developer who is struggling to get his team to adopt some agile practices: developer : if you were starting from scratch, which would you think is more important to setup first? CI or a unit testing process? me : unit testing developer : wow developer...

Posted to Tim Barcz (Weblog) by Tim Barcz on 08-19-2008
If this is your manager, I feel bad for you

While re-reading 'Implementing Lean Software Develpoment - From Concept to Cash' I came across a line that I had forgotten completly about, but rings so true (at least to me). The line is as follows: 'A project manager who mostly updates Gantt charts and tells people what to do probably adds...

Posted to Derik Whittaker (Weblog) by Derik Whittaker on 08-12-2008
Why Red Gate Rocks

I've been working with the eap release of ANTS Performance Profiler from Red Gate. While I don't have a lot of experience with other tools of this nature, I've been pretty impressed. My intention was to hold off and blog a full review after I've had to time to really use the application...

Posted to Christopher Bennage (Weblog) by Christopher Bennage on 08-08-2008
Unused code is the worst of the 7 Wastes of Software

Today I was having another round of conversations with a buddy of mine about the concept of waste and unused code. In agile there is a concept called YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It) that basically states that you should not add code that is not immediately needed as it is waste. In Lean software...

Posted to Derik Whittaker (Weblog) by Derik Whittaker on 08-06-2008
The ASP.NET MVC Definition

A few days ago I posted a question to the community, looking for a definition of the ASP.NET MVC framework that didn't depend upon faults in ASP.NET WebForms - after all, faults can be fixed. I also do not like the implication that ASP.NET MVC is for those looking to use the MVC pattern, as...

Posted to ViNull, Off the Record (Weblog) by Michael C. Neel on 07-26-2008
The MVC Minefield

There is a bit of turbulence in the ASP.NET airspace over MVC (yes, I'm making this post while on the fight back from the ASPInsiders Summit). Even among the ASPInsiders, who are supposed to be at the cutting edge of ASP.NET, there is little agreement over what is MVC and what it's for...

Posted to ViNull, Off the Record (Weblog) by Michael C. Neel on 07-25-2008
Should not be 'The Business', but should be 'Our Business'

Last night I was listening to a recent HanselMinutes pod casts where he was talking with Tom & Mary Poppendiek . For those of you who do not know who Tom & Mary are, they are the 2 behind a lot of the lean software movement (books here & here ). There was a statement made in the episode...

Posted to Derik Whittaker (Weblog) by Derik Whittaker on 07-10-2008
Developer training, a real (non)success story

About a year ago I created a few posts on the topic of Developer Ramp time and how companies can help the process as well as why different developers ramp up at different speeds . Developer ramp time and how companies can aid in speeding up this time is critical not only to a new employee's...

Posted to Derik Whittaker (Weblog) by Derik Whittaker on 06-30-2008
You'll have my SQL when you pry my keyboard from my cold dead hands

Background - Some people don't like the Entity Framework, some do. Many see the need to blog about it. You can guess the rest, or JFGI if your need more info. The debate is nothing new; we have databases that are really good at storing data, searching that data, and spitting it back up...

Posted to ViNull, Off the Record (Weblog) by Michael C. Neel on 06-27-2008