Monthly Archives: June 2010

Easy To Read != Easy To Understand

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I ran into this code a while back: 1: public abstract class ScanPrefixSpecification : IScanSpecification 2: { 3: public abstract IEnumerable<string> BarcodePrefixesFilter { get; } 4: 5: public bool IsSatisfiedBy(string item) 6: { 7: return BarcodePrefixesFilter.Where(item.StartsWith).Any(); 8: } 9:  10: … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis and Design, AntiPatterns | 4 Comments

I’ll Buy An iPad When …

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Derick Bailey

no, really… I’m actually interested in buying an iPad… but under very specific circumstances. Here’s the app that I want, that would make me shell out $500 for an iPad: a remote whiteboard app that transmits my drawing on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Work In Process (WIP) Limits, Policies, Etc.

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I had a great discussion a few of my team members this morning. We were discussion work in process (WIP) limits, policies, and other items that are related to both of those. By the end of the discussion we had … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Kanban, Lean Systems, Management | Leave a comment

Git: Oops. I Forgot To Add Those New Files Before Committing

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I do this pretty regularly… working away, adding files, finish something up and commit. Only after I commit do I realize that I forgot to add the new files to git. This always frustrated me with subversion because it meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Command Line, Git, Source Control | 6 Comments

Git: D’oh! I Meant To Create A New Branch First!

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Derick Bailey

Yesterday I ran into a situation with git where I was working away on some code, finished what I was doing and committed the changes. Immediately after making the commit, I realized that I was still sitting in my master … Continue reading →

Posted in Branch-Per-Feature, Command Line, Git, Source Control | 6 Comments

Albacore Feature Preview: Building C# Code With CSC.exe

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I’ve been meaning to do this for a very long time… it’s been asked for multiple times and it’s been on my list of things to do for a very long time… but it’s finally happening! I’m finally putting a … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, Albacore, C#, Rake, Unit Testing, Vim | 2 Comments