Monthly Archives: October 2012

Estimation scoping

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

Read any book about estimation and you’ll probably see a picture of this: This is the cone of uncertainty, a measure of the accuracy of our estimation of effort as we get closer to finishing work. Very close to finishing, … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget your users

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

Some time ago, we at Headspring were brought in to help replace an existing legacy system based on Excel with a new web application built using the latest and greatest architectural patterns and practices. During the initial discovery phase, we … Continue reading →

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Feature branches and toggles

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

I’m a huge Martin Fowler fan, but one bit of advice I still can’t understand is the recommendation to eschew feature branches for feature toggles. The argument against feature branches are not just merge problems, but semantic merge problems, such … Continue reading →

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Isolating database data in integration tests

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

Databases in tests is an annoying, yet necessary component if you truly want to create accurate integration tests. I’m not too much of a fan of employing alternate databases in tests (SQLite in place of SQL Server), simply because I … Continue reading →

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Speaking in Detroit area this week

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

Not because I’m a Tigers or Yankees fan at all, I promise. I’m doing a mini-user group tour this week in the Detroit, MI area. October 16th – NWNUG (Northwest Ohio NUG, Toledo, OH) – Functional Testing with ASP.NET MVC … Continue reading →

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Favor query objects over repositories

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

So I’m over Repositories, and definitely over abstracting your data layer, but where does that leave us? I don’t think creating an abstraction over your ORM provides much value, nor do I think it is necessarily bad if you use … Continue reading →

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Building a non-native mobile HTML5 App

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

My co-worker Tim is writing about a recent project where he headed up a team building a mobile application as an HTML5 application. It’s a fascinating problem, especially with news of Facebook ditching their HTML5 app in favor of a … Continue reading →

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