Monthly Archives: October 2007

Ruby-style loops in C# 3.0

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. Ruby has a pretty interesting (and succinct) way of looping through a set of numbers: 5.times do |i| print i, ” ” end The results of executing this Ruby block is: 0 1 2 … Continue reading →

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Fluent interface endgame

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. In a conversation on BDD on the altnetconf message board, the topic switched to language-oriented syntax in the CLR, to which Scott notes: When IronRuby gets here, I think we should at least stop … Continue reading →

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Double-edged sword of InternalsVisibleTo

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. I’ve had some conversations with both Joe and Elton lately about the InternalsVisibleTo attribute.  From the documentation, the assembly-level InternalsVisibleTo attribute: Specifies that all nonpublic types in an assembly are visible to another assembly. … Continue reading →

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Dialing up quality

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. Quality is not a light switch, it can’t be flipped on overnight, or even in six months.  Although the term “quality” differs from person to person, I rather like James Shore’s description of Quality With a … Continue reading →

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ALT.NET-itis

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. Has anyone else that attended ALT.NET feel under the weather this week?  I was fine before the conference, then felt like crap afterwards. I have a feeling that it was because of the germ-sponge … Continue reading →

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Subscribing to your Google Calendar in Outlook 2007

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. I’ve been in love with Google Calendar for a long time now.  I have several calendars I’m viewing at the same time, including my personal calendar, UT football schedule, and a few others.  I … Continue reading →

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Are Story Runners appropriate?

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. Scott recently voiced his opinion on the validity of story runners (i.e. the xBehave tools) in an agile shop.  First, let me say that I sincerely appreciate the passion Scott has for BDD, and … Continue reading →

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ALT.NET Impressions

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. The ALT.NET Conference is over, and I’m exhausted.  I’ve never been to a conference that consistently challenged my assumptions about software development.  The amount of dialogue and debate that occurred was quite staggering, considering that … Continue reading →

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Compiler warnings from generated code

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. Although I believe strongly in treating warnings as errors, on rare occasions I get compiler warnings from generated code.  Examples of generated code include the designer code files for Windows and Web forms, XAML, … Continue reading →

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Treat warnings as errors

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Jimmy Bogard

This post was originally published here. Compiler warnings can provide some additional insight and quality controls on your codebase.  They can tell you about obsolete code, unused variables, and many other items that you wouldn’t necessarily see on visual inspection.  … Continue reading →

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