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Great VS add-in for doing TDD - TestRunner from MailFrame.net - level 200

Anyone who is doing TDD with .Net _must_ check out TestRunner from MailFrame.net! It brings the hierarchy of tests into a VS pane and allows you to select and run tests just like NUnit, but from within VS. It uses the NUnit core and frameworks internally. It's free for personal use, but only $49 for...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2005 5:39 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
My "Agile Methodologies with .Net" Birds of a Feather session accepted for Tech Ed. - level 300

I excited to announce that my “Agile Methodologies with .Net” Birds of a Feather session was accepted for Tech Ed 2005! Thanks to all who voted for it, but more importantly, I'm excited that there are many people interested in doing Agile development with .Net. Here is a quote from the email...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2005 7:00 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Advocating Agile in a CMM or MSF shop - level 200

That's exactly what I'm doing right now. My development shop used to be MSF waterfall and is now pushing for CMM. This is a push from management. It is very difficult to write good, maintainable software in this fashion. Sure, we can crank out version 1 and maybe 2 without a hitch, but as soon as the...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2005 8:37 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
What a great list of tools to use for Agile development! - level 300

Jeremy Miller has posted a great list of tools he's currently using in his Agile shop. I've using a few, but I'd like to use more. http://jeremydmiller.blogspot.com/2005/04/bypass-vsts-and-get-yourself-poor-mans.html

Published Sat, Apr 23 2005 10:51 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Tech Ed Pre-Party update - level FUN

I received some good responses from my initial announcement of a party on Saturday, the day before the PreCons. We're only about 5 weeks away, so I need to start getting a list of people who are planning on being there. A comment to this post is adequate. Also, if anyone would like to help me plan the...

Published Thu, Apr 21 2005 10:03 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Affecting your .Net SOAP message through attributes - level 300

With the .Net implementation of web services, you can design the schema of a web service call without having to author WSDL by hand. I won't discuss contract first here. I recognize that many are happy with the default .Net implementation of a webservice. It is possible to easily affect the Xml format...

Published Thu, Apr 21 2005 9:53 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
An extra tip to make you a better ASP.NET developer - level 200

I'd like to add an extra tip to make you a better ASP.NET developer: Don't use the designer for anything more than the most trivial control-placement tasks. The designers are geared toward RAD development. That rhyms with "BAD". If you get v1 of software out with RAD, each subsequent version will be...

Published Thu, Apr 21 2005 9:40 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Ramping up with NAnt for automated builds - level 300

At first glance, the NAnt .build files may seem daunting, especially the really long ones, but the documentation for NAnt is superb! I wanted to start with a real VS solution instead of the trivial HelloWorld .cs file, so I used my Model-View-Presenter demo solution. Since this was a Visual Studio solution...

Published Thu, Apr 21 2005 7:31 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Rode my bicycle from Houston to Austin this weekend - level SORE

Last weekend, I participated in the MS 150 bicycle tour from Houston to Austin to raise money for the MS Society. It's a crippling disease for which there is currently no cure. I'm really sore, but I'm glad I did it. This is the second time I've done it, and I averaged 15.3 miles through the full 180...

Published Tue, Apr 19 2005 9:36 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Getting started with ReSharper by JetBrains - level 200

I'm a bit behind the curve on this one, but I'm now developing with the 30 day trial of ReSharper by JetBrains. I haven't even tried all of the features. There are keyboard chords and hidden features I need to learn. The obvious ones are code-formatting and general helping you out. It will close your...

Published Tue, Apr 19 2005 7:51 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Austin Agile User Group meeting Wednesday - level 000

This Wednesday, the Austin Agile user group is meeting during lunch at the Mongolian BBQ on N. Lamar. Check out the website for details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/agileatx/

Published Tue, Apr 12 2005 5:29 AM by Jeffrey Palermo
Vote for Birds of a Feather sessions for Tech Ed. - level 000

If you haven't already voted for BoF sessions, go there! http://www.msteched.com/cfp/bofvoting.aspx I submitted the following: Agile Methodologies With .Net I have to look hard to find fellow developers using Agile methodologies with .Net projects in my area. Wouldn't it be great to talk about how others...

Published Mon, Apr 11 2005 4:57 PM by Jeffrey Palermo
Step by Step: Create java package and import to use with C# - level 300

Yesterday I explained that I was able to import java .jar packages for use with .Net . Here's the steps. First, here is my sample Java class. (Don't put this in VS.Net, compile this with the java compiler): 1 package ClassLibraryInteropTest; 2 3 public class Calculator 4 { 5 public int Add( int first...

Published Thu, Apr 7 2005 4:56 PM by Jeffrey Palermo
Import existing Java .jar files to .Net .dll files for use with any .Net project - level 400

If you have existing .jar files from a Java application, and you need to use that existing business logic or rewrite it, wouldn't it be nice if you could just leverage the existing package? You can with the JBImp utility. I recently had to do this, and it was a breeze. I ran the utility on my .jar, and...

Published Wed, Apr 6 2005 4:55 PM by Jeffrey Palermo
Patterns: Provider vs. Plugin vs. Strategy - level 300

Previously I made an implementation and called it the Provider pattern . After some good discussion, I must redefine what I implemented. I implemented something that had major traits of Provider, Plugin, and Strategy. I implemented a Repository class that used a configuration service to get the assembly...

Published Tue, Apr 5 2005 4:54 PM by Jeffrey Palermo

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Great VS add-in for doing TDD - TestRunner from MailFrame.net - level 200

My "Agile Methodologies with .Net" Birds of a Feather session accepted for Tech Ed. - level 300

Advocating Agile in a CMM or MSF shop - level 200

What a great list of tools to use for Agile development! - level 300

Tech Ed Pre-Party update - level FUN

Affecting your .Net SOAP message through attributes - level 300

An extra tip to make you a better ASP.NET developer - level 200

Ramping up with NAnt for automated builds - level 300

Rode my bicycle from Houston to Austin this weekend - level SORE

Getting started with ReSharper by JetBrains - level 200

Austin Agile User Group meeting Wednesday - level 000

Vote for Birds of a Feather sessions for Tech Ed. - level 000

Step by Step: Create java package and import to use with C# - level 300

Import existing Java .jar files to .Net .dll files for use with any .Net project - level 400

Patterns: Provider vs. Plugin vs. Strategy - level 300