Category Archives: Development

Software Features, Pick One

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Chris Missal

A few months back I saw a tweet that stuck with me. It was from Alton Brown. I’m not a foodie, but for some reason, this one stuck in my head. I think it’s because it resonated in other parts … Continue reading →

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The Right Tool, The Right Time

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Chris Patterson

Over the past few months I have been reviewing many of the products I was involved in creating, both as a developer and an architect, and have assembled an inventory of the technology and architecture used. With a catalog of products … Continue reading →

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Debug It!

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Chris Missal

If there’s one thing I like about programming computers, it’s the ability to tell a machine exactly what to do. –insert Skynet reference here– With that said, I wanted to learn some more tips, tricks and techniques to figure out … Continue reading →

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One Year of Production ASP.NET MVC

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Chris Missal

Last week marked the one year anniversary our team’s first ASP.NET MVC application in production. We really have two different types of production. Internal and external. While an internal application might get used by 2 to 100 people, our external … Continue reading →

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Unique Keys versus IDs in Web Applications

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Chris Missal

An ID is a fine way to uniquely identify an object, the common usage is also very user un-friendly. A while back I was watching a presentation by Jeffrey Palermo on Community For MVC.Net, then later at a live presentation … Continue reading →

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Unit Testing Simple ASP.NET MVC Controllers

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Chris Missal

I have created enough simple projects using ASP.NET MVC with unit tests to notice a very helpful pattern. The following is a sample of a test fixture using RhinoMocks and NUnit to test a controller. 1: [TestFixture] 2: public class … Continue reading →

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How I Approach a Defect

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Chris Missal

Lately I’ve been tracking some of the steps I go through in a given day or week. I was fixing a bug the other day when I decided that I should write down all the mental notes I refer to … Continue reading →

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31 Days of Refactoring eBook

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sean Chambers

Back in August I did the 31 Days of Refactoring blog series. Fellow LosTechies as well as other community members urged me to convert the series into an eBook. I had intended to (really!), but Simone Chiaretta beat me to … Continue reading →

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We Remembered Not to Dive Too Deep Too Soon

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Chris Missal

While reading “Remember to not dive too deep too soon” by Derik Whittaker, I was reminded of something that happened at work today. We were going over a couple new stories in our backlog and needed to assign points to … Continue reading →

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Now that I use the Delete Key…

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Chris Missal

Some Quick Background I have the longest tenure on our team, and it’s not that long; there was a bit of an exodus just prior to me joining. I was with a small contract team and none of us knew … Continue reading →

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