I had a discussion with some fellow developers a little while ago about DesignByContract and creating defensive code. The subject of being *too* defensive came up in the fact that while writing defensive code is a good thing, it’s not … Continue reading →

When presenting on TDD/Unit testing to user groups or code camps, a common question I hear is, "How can I get tests into my existing codebase?". This is often where people want to put effort when first starting with unit … Continue reading →

An unpublished anti-pattern that not everyone is familiar with can be called the “Fat Controller” Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

I want to thank everyone for coming out to the TDD Firestarter event that we had in Tampa yesterday. We had an excellent turnout (about 80 people), and everyone was very interested in getting to know TDD/BDD. We are in … Continue reading →

In His Holiness Evans Bible. He states: “ The more I present on DDD at user groups and code camps the more I see that the Ubiqutous language really hits home with people. Often I have developers approach me after … Continue reading →

Yesterday I did a presentation on TDD/BDD at the Tamp Code Camp. I have done several TDD presentations in the past but this was the first time I also showed the attendees BDD at the same time. In actuality I … Continue reading →

For the month of November, Pablo’s Topic of the Month is Design Patterns. I will be talking about the Decorator design pattern in this post. The Decorator Pattern was originally coined by The Gang Of Four (GoF). It is a … Continue reading →

Today the LosTechies family welcomes Colin Jack to the site. Colin is a very active member in the ALT.NET and .NET Community. Colin resides in Edinburgh, UK. So please take a moment and welcome Colin to the family! Welcome Colin! … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of months I have been casually looking at the job market in the Jacksonville/Orlando area at various opportunities. None of the really interested me and had mediocre opportunities at best. I was comfortable in my current … Continue reading →

While giving my DDD presentation at the Jacksonville Code Camp, I felt that DDD refactoring was one area that I really didn’t touch on enough. I mentioned it briefly but I wanted to build on the discussion that we started … Continue reading →