Author Archives: John Teague

Austin Code Camp Sessions

Posted on August 9, 2011 by John Teague

The list of Austin Code Camp sessions are up. (Except for mine, I submitted late sorry) http://bit.ly/qHQq48 If you haven’t registered for CodeCamp, go here http://bit.ly/jrQ1Qs As always it’s free. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for … Continue reading →

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It’s All About the Conversation

Posted on June 24, 2011 by John Teague

Join us at Los Techies Fiesta Open Space Conference September 30, October 1, & 2. An Open Space conference is really a different experience than the traditional, presentation driven conference.  While both formats are about learning new things, they go … Continue reading →

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Convention Based Filters

Posted on June 12, 2011 by John Teague

Title: Convention Based Filters Not too long ago Joshua Flanagan spoke at the Austin .Net User Group about how the Dovetail crew use conventions to simplify their development process. The approach is simple in concept (of course the devil’s in … Continue reading →

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Bootstrapping Your Application From IronRuby

Posted on April 7, 2011 by John Teague

I think one of the best use cases for IronRuby is to use it as an automation tool and scripting platform for your domain application. The first hurdle I had to make this possible was Bootstrapping the application so that … Continue reading →

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Less Is More

Posted on March 3, 2011 by John Teague

I started a new project this year and part of my responsibilities is gathering requirements and converting them to user stories and acceptance criteria.  It’s been a very interesting experience for me and put me a little out of my … Continue reading →

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Using a Command Execution Style Architecture with a Domain Model

Posted on November 23, 2010 by John Teague

Kyle Baley has an interesting article about how he’s using commands to break up the logic of his application into small manageable pieces. I’m using the same command processor pattern for a project I’ve working on as well.  It’s a … Continue reading →

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Unit Testing your MVC Views

Posted on June 28, 2010 by John Teague

The story around testing your UI JavaScript is getting better and better.  I’ve been using QUnit for a couple of years and it’s not hard to to test individual components of your UI.  One thing that has always bothered me … Continue reading →

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Installing MonoTouch

Posted on June 28, 2010 by John Teague

I trying out MonoTouch for a few sample apps.  I’m going to log my travails as I go.  I’ve done a few sample Objective-C apps as well, so I should be able to do a compare and contrast between the … Continue reading →

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Automated Build ADNUG Presentation

Posted on June 20, 2010 by John Teague

The last ADNUG presentation was on Automated Builds.  We (were supposed) briefly discuss the different build tools available for .Net.  I gave a demo of using Nant, Derrick Bailey demonstrated Rake / Albacore, Jorge Matos demonstrated powereshell / psake and … Continue reading →

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Two Code Camps Last Month

Posted on June 1, 2010 by John Teague

I had the opportunity to speak at two code camps in May.  I spoke at the Iowa Code Camp and of course the Austin Code Camp.  I had a great time in Iowa, and no one made fun of my … Continue reading →

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