Category Archives: Craftsmanship

Anders Hejlsberg Is Right: You Cannot Maintain Large Programs In JavaScript

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Derick Bailey

There’s a quote over on a Channel 9 video of Anders Hejlsberg: Erik Meijer: Are you saying you cannot write large programs in JavaScript? Anders Hejlsberg: No, you can write large programs in JavaScript. You just can’t maintain them. With … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Composite Apps, CQRS, Javascript, Philosophy of Software, Pragmatism, Principles and Patterns, Risk Management | 29 Comments

The difficult definition of professional software development

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Ryan Svihla

Here are some of the contradictory phrases (and a few paraphrases) I’ve overheard used to define what is “good” and “bad” code. Code should always be well commented Maintainable code has unit tests and well named methods therefore needs little … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Continuous Integration, Education, Rake, Ruby | 9 Comments

Intuition And Complexity

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I just ran into a situation where I had to describe an easy, but not intuitive process to a coworker. The net result of the conversation is that I realized I would much rather have software or process that it … Continue reading →

Also posted in Analysis and Design, User Experience | 6 Comments

The Dangers Of AutoMocking Containers

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Derick Bailey

Louis Salin commented on my original post about the Ninject.RhinoMocks automocking container, and brought up a very good point. Here is his comment, reproduced in full: I’ve heard (or read…) that automocking is equivalent to taking weight loss pills while … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, AntiPatterns, AutoMocking, C#, Quality | 5 Comments

Expressive Code: Good Variable Names Instead Of Magic Values And Calculations

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I like to remind myself of these little principles that I take for granted, now and then. It’s good habit to get back to basics and really understand why you hold principles so that you can judge whether or not … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, AntiPatterns, C#, Principles and Patterns | 9 Comments

Help! I’m Terrible At Migrating/Restructuring Code In A Test-First Manner

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I’ve spent the last day or so restructuring some code – specifically converting a WinForms form into a user control so that I can host the control in several different forms that need it. This involves changing the presenter for … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Continuous Improvement, Model-View-Presenter, Philosophy of Software, Pragmatism, Unit Testing | 11 Comments

Why I Write Automated Tests For My Code

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I started my journey of unit testing my code about 4 years ago… I had played with nunit prior to that, but I never understood the point and would delete my tests after I got them to pass… that was … Continue reading →

Also posted in Agile, Behavior Driven Development, Pragmatism, Quality, Unit Testing | 3 Comments

LosTechies Welcomes Derek Greer!

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Derick Bailey

A former coworker and good friend of mine, Derek Greer, has joined up with the LosTechies crew. He previously lived and worked in the Austin, TX area where I had the good fortune to meet him and hire him on … Continue reading →

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A Response Concerning Semantics And Intention Revealing Code

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Derick Bailey

My previous post talked about some code that was using a null value to cause certain behavior. The general idea behind the post was questioning how I should go about remodeling that part of my code so that it would … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, C#, Design Patterns, Principles and Patterns, Quality | 8 Comments

Application Events: Modeling Selection vs De-Selection as Separate Events?

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I’m using my Event Aggregator in my current project to manage communication between a custom control and it’s parent form. This is the same control I talked about in my CQRS Performance Engineering post. It has several drop down lists … Continue reading →

Also posted in Analysis and Design, AppController, Messaging, Model-View-Presenter | 10 Comments