Monthly Archives: November 2008

ALT.NET Online Open Meeting Update for 26-NOV

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Chad Myers

I just talked with Zach Young earlier today and given the fact that Thursday is a major holiday in the U.S. (Thanksgiving), we will not be hosting an ALT.NET meeting this Wednesday night (26-NOV).  That doesn’t mean it can’t happen. … Continue reading →

Posted in ALT.NET, LiveMeeting | 2 Comments

Do not test private methods

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Chad Myers

You should only be testing public methods. Private methods are an implementation detail of the object and are subject to heavy change, etc.  Any class, including test fixtures, that care about private methods on another object exhibit the “Inappropriate intimacy” … Continue reading →

Posted in TDD, Tips | 11 Comments

1 Year Anniversary

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Chad Myers

I’m generally not one for sentimentality, so it should come as no surprise to anyone that knows me that I allowed October to come and go without any ceremony.  I figured, though, that I should give some dignity to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc | 2 Comments

ALT.NET Online Open Meeting

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Chad Myers

As you may recall, last week I announced the ALT.NET Online Open Meeting.  We met last Wednesday night and had a pretty good chat about all sorts of topics.  I think at one point we had 45 people attending! The … Continue reading →

Posted in ALT.NET, LiveMeeting | 1 Comment

Announcing: ALT.NET Online Open Meeting

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Chad Myers

For a few months now, Zachariah Young, various other folks, and I have been meeting online via Skype+SharedView or LiveMeeting (depending on the size of the crowd) every Wednesday night to discuss various .NET and general technology-related issues. We met … Continue reading →

Posted in ALT.NET, LiveMeeting | 13 Comments

Please caption this photo

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Chad Myers

(hat tip: Tim Barcz for the idea of making this Slide #1 on all my slide decks henceforth) Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

Posted in Misc | 20 Comments

Internal DSL Workshop Videos Posted

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Chad Myers

On October 31, 2008 I gave a workshop on building Internal DSLs in C# for KaizenConf.  Fellow Los Techian John Teague was kind enough to record them and fellow Austinite Weston Binford rendered them and posted them up on Viddler. … Continue reading →

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Look Ma, No Code-Behind!

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Chad Myers

I’ve been playing with some MVC-related stuff and one of the things I took a second to look at was not having to have a code behind in order to do the whole ViewPage<MODEL> business. I came up with this: … Continue reading →

Posted in ASP.NET, MVC | 13 Comments

cat Community > CHAD.PLAN

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Chad Myers

UPDATE: Wow, I’m truly humbled by the response. I expected all of about 3 comments. THANK YOU for your help here, it means more than you know.  I’ve updated the vote tallies (so far) below. I have a confession to … Continue reading →

Posted in Plan | 18 Comments

KaizenConf, MVC, and Internal DSLs, OH MY!

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Chad Myers

First of all, KaizenConf ended up turning out really well. Thank you Scott Bellware, David Laribee, and others involved in its organization. Also, thank you Doc List and the various sponsors who also had a big hand in its success. … Continue reading →

Posted in DSL, Kaizenconf, MVC | 4 Comments