Monthly Archives: June 2009

How To? Highly Complex Query Generating Based On Security Needs

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Derick Bailey

I have the following object model:   An Office belongs to one Office Group. An Office also belongs to one Office Region. There is no relationship between Office Group and Office Region. They are two separate groupings for various reasons. … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, C#, Data Access, Security, Unit Testing | 10 Comments

Cloning Or Converting Linux VM From VMWare Workstation To ESX Server: ETH0 Gone. ETH1 Available?

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Derick Bailey

I ran into a fun situation yesterday. I downloaded a virtual appliance for the Agilo Trac Plugin (which, if you’re a Trac user and trying to do sprints or iterations with it, you need to get this. It’s free and … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Networking | 3 Comments

A Kanban Is Just A Signal To Do Work

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Derick Bailey

A kanban is a signal to do something. I don’t think kanban implies a pull-based system, honestly. Joe Ocampo showed it best in his Scrumban presentation at Austin Code Camp: That’s not a signal to pull anything… it’s a signal … Continue reading →

Posted in Kanban, Lean Systems, Workflow | 6 Comments

I’m Presenting SOLID At North Dallas .NET (NDDNUG), July 8th

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Derick Bailey

On Wednesday, July 8th, I’m scheduled to give my SOLID presentation at NDDNUG, up in Plano, TX. I don’t know if anyone up there remembers me, but NDDNUG was the first user group that I ever went to. I worked … Continue reading →

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The Impact of Staffing Practices on Software Quality and Productivity

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Derick Bailey

A Junior-Heavy Organization Companies tend to staff various teams with an experience level of employees that have a very junior heavy bias. That is, for every person with senior level experience in the organization, there tend to be multiple mid … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, Philosophy of Software, Quality | 10 Comments

Violating CQS. Looking For Suggestions And Alternatives.

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Derick Bailey

When doing simple input validation on forms, I often end up writing a lot of code like this: public void SaveRequested() { bool descriptionIsValid = ValidateDescription(); bool abbreviationIsValid = ValidateAbbreviation(); bool isValid = (descriptionIsValid && abbreviationIsValid); if (isValid) { VisitType … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis and Design, C#, Principles and Patterns | 8 Comments

I’m Presenting SOLID At AlamoCoders On June 9th

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Derick Bailey

I may be jumping the gun a bit, since it’s not posted on the AlamoCoders site, yet. :) The AlamoCoders site has been updated to show my presentation. Please note that there is a different start time than usual – … Continue reading →

Posted in C#, Community, Presentations, Principles and Patterns | 5 Comments

Austin Code Camp 2009 Was A Ton-O-Fun!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Derick Bailey

First and foremost – thanks to John Teague and Eric Hexter for organizing such a great event. It was as good, if not better than any of the previous Code Camps. The content was tremendous, the speakers were great, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin Code Camp, Community | 4 Comments