Category Archives: Design

Request for Help: Need better guidance for beginners

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Chad Myers

This morning I happened to see the article “.NET Coding Standard & Code Review Points” linked from the good folks over at DotNetKicks.com.  I was horrified to see some of the very bad guidance being offered here. While I appreciate … Continue reading →

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On good design and defining success

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Jimmy Bogard

This is for the most part a reaction to conversations on design: Testability in .Net Design and Testability Good Design is not Subjective Believe it or not, I largely agree with all of these posts.  The conversation originally started around … Continue reading →

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Good Design is not Subjective

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Chad Myers

In case you haven’t guessed by my recent flurry of posts, I’ve been engaged in some debates in the past few days about design philosophies and why some designs are “good” and some are “bad.”  I’ve been met with some … Continue reading →

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Let’s try it again… testability succinctly

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Chad Myers

My last try wasn’t that successful, so I’ll try it again: (In-language based) Testability is the residue of a good design.* Better? * (This is a slight play on John Milton’s famous quote ‘Luck is the residue of design’) Post … Continue reading →

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Design and Testability

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Chad Myers

There was a rather healthy public discussion and debate going on via Twitter today between Roy Osherove, Ayende Rahien, Colin Jack, me, and several others. Michael Feathers even dropped in at one point which was cool.  This all started when … Continue reading →

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Self-Documenting Unit Tests

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Jasdeep Singh

We have been practicing agile for more than a few years now and getting better as we move along, or at least that’s the goal and a desired expectation from the team; rightfully so since humans typically learn from experience. We jumped … Continue reading →

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