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Tools for disparate teams: AgileZen Edition

Still neck-deep in start-up mode these days. I still don’t feel any different than I did before we started this venture whole hog in January but that might be because I was prepared for it. Since the baby came in November, I was already familiar with the lack of sleep, persistent anxiety, and the constant...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 12:38 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Working Remotely, Tools
Using an NHibernate Formula to aid searching

Executive Summary : Use a formula in an NHibernate mapping to facilitate searching the entire string, “LastName, FirstName”, for a User object. Will see how long this Executive Summary thing lasts. Getting tired of people wasting my time by posting comments saying I’m wasting their time. (I’m also working...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 10:34 AM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: NHibernate, Linq
YouTrack for OSS Projects, or “How to broadcast your issues”

Bug tracking probably means something different to you than it does to the Hillbilly but if it gets you half as excited as it gets me, be sure to wander on over to http://youtrack.codebetter.com . As a sister-aunt service to http://teamcity.codebetter.com , we’re now offering a free issue tracking service...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 11:09 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: TeamCity, YouTrack
Why Java?, or “How to describe a decision process”

Executive Summary : With all of our experience in Microsoft technologies, why did we choose Google Web Toolkit over other technologies for our start-up? Almost six months ago, I described my initial reaction to Java coming from ten years in the Microsoft world. At the time, I tastefully glossed over...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 10:31 AM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Java, GWT
Automating browser actions with Vimium and AutoHotKey

Quick PSA today on automating tasks in web apps that don’t have keyboard shortcuts. I had to migrate about 110 stories from one AgileZen project to another. As yet, AgileZen’s API is read-only so after confirming that the eldest offspring was unwilling and the youngest (being seven months old) was unable...

Published Wed, Jun 23 2010 10:33 AM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Utilities, Tools
Rietveld update, or “How to make code reviews fun (without canceling them)”

I have a new mistress and her name is Rietveld . I call her Veldy or sometimes, in the throes of passion, RV. But only because I have no idea how to pronounce Rietveld out loud. In a recent post , I talked about our switch to the code review tool. And by recent, I mean less than a month so it’s been...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 6:49 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Code review
Comments back up

Was playing chicken with a comment spammer a week or so ago and shut down comments when the game stopped being fun and he/she/it started showing signs of sentience. They’re back up now.

Published Thu, Jun 3 2010 9:07 AM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Sundry
Rietveld, or “How to revamp your code review process”

For me, code reviews have traditionally been one of those aspects of software development that fall into the “good idea; bad execution” category. It’s something that I know we’re supposed to do but when someone says, “let’s do a code review”, my first reaction is usually to make a cross with my fingers...

Published Tue, Jun 1 2010 10:00 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Working Remotely, Google App Engine, Code review
Commands in GWT, or “How to dispatch your async to the handler and register a callback”

We’ve hired two new developers to our team, effectively tripling our development staff. So I’m celebrating the alleviation on my workload with some posts that are essentially going to be documentation for the junior developer. I hope she has a sense of humour when it comes to sample code as she reads...

Published Wed, May 26 2010 10:56 AM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: GWT
Multi-tenancy, or “How to make GWT communal”

Before I get started, I should point out I may have a shaky definition of the term “multitenancy”. I haven’t exactly studied up on it but I’ve skimmed some blog posts and I hope it means what I think it means. In our Google Web Toolkit application, we’re going to have multiple clients but only a single...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2010 10:48 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: GWT
Defect culture, or “How to broach quality”

My marketing skillz aren’t the greatest. Which is probably why two of my three favorite sections of Brownfield Application Development in .NET are available free. The one that isn’t is chapter 1 which I like because it opens with a sample brownfield scenario. It was the place where Donald and I could...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 10:59 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Brownfield, Conscientious Coding
The search interface, or “How to find people”

*** This post is actually about a month old. But I need to click Publish twice in Live Writer to actually publish it on CodeBetter. Gotta remember to ping Brendan about removing that restriction now that Laribee doesn’t publish all those drunken rants that he regrets in the morning anymore. *** This...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 9:21 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: User Interface
Architectural changes, or “How to decide if and when to start over”

Still heads down in start-up mode with GWT these days, which sounds more glamorous than it is in practice. That said, we’re looking for a junior Java developer and a Web Marketing Assistant so send on your details if you’re interested. I’d suggest reading the rest of this post first though… This week...

Published Fri, Apr 9 2010 5:05 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: GWT
Priority management, or “Why do you do that thing that you do?”

I hope this post doesn’t come across as contry-vershul as I expect it will. I do have a larger point to make. That said, I take comfort in the fact that I live in a country where laws are seen more as guidelines so I feel somewhat protected against people that will take this the wrong way. Regardless...

Published Sat, Apr 3 2010 12:44 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Brownfield, Career
The why of writing, or “How to acknowledge your betters”

You wouldn’t know if from reading my blog lately but yes, I’ve still been working on Brownfield Application Development in .NET with Donald Belcham . The good news is that the book is done. And as much as I would have loved the book to be released on April 1, I have to settle on March 30 for the ebook...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 11:44 PM by Kyle Baley

Filed under: Brownfield

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Tools for disparate teams: AgileZen Edition

Using an NHibernate Formula to aid searching

YouTrack for OSS Projects, or “How to broadcast your issues”

Why Java?, or “How to describe a decision process”

Automating browser actions with Vimium and AutoHotKey

Rietveld update, or “How to make code reviews fun (without canceling them)”

Comments back up

Rietveld, or “How to revamp your code review process”

Commands in GWT, or “How to dispatch your async to the handler and register a callback”

Multi-tenancy, or “How to make GWT communal”

Defect culture, or “How to broach quality”

The search interface, or “How to find people”

Architectural changes, or “How to decide if and when to start over”

Priority management, or “Why do you do that thing that you do?”

The why of writing, or “How to acknowledge your betters”