Update: I’ve written an open source .Net build tool that can also put the highest SVN revision into a file automatically on build – check it out! While working on an internal ASP.Net MVC project at work, I wondered if it was possible to get the SubVersion (SVN) repository number to be automatically updated on [...]
Read more →I don’t have a sweet tooth as such, but I have discovered a talent for making desserts – that or my friends are very complimentary ;o) I think I’d heard of The Cheesecake Factory before my first trip to the States, so when our hotel taxi took us past the one on Camelback Road in [...]
Read more →Recently, our little software company was contacted by a local college, to provide feedback on the content of a couple of new software engineering and advanced programming courses they are looking to run. I saw this is my first opportunity to offer my assistance to those asking how should we teach software engineering? Hi Iain, [...]
Read more →Make a distinction between criticism, feedback, and encouragement, and ask for the one you really want. Criticism is filled with judgements based on right and wrong, good and evil. Encouragement is the intentional act of supporting someone in pursuing their objectives, regardless of how it’s going at the moment. Feedback is open, honest communication about [...]
Read more →I don’t think it would be appropriate to talk about Unit Testing without first starting with the bigger picture of Agile Software Engineering Methodologies. I started working to the Agile methodologies, as described by Robert C. Martin about 18 months ago. It was hard not to see it as a ‘magic bullet’ that enables the [...]
Read more →It was drummed into me throughout my software engineering training years – the essential internal documentation of software – the comment. After a few years actually engineering software, I’ve found that I can categorise most comments into 4 basic types: The obsolete code block, often with an accompanying note about why it was removed or [...]
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