January 25, 2010 - 4:00 pm
Tags: Development, Presentations, SOLID
Posted in Development | 4 comments
Solid Development @SlideShare.net
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You can download the code for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 zipped up and ready to go here.
December 22, 2009 - 11:56 am
Tags: Development, refactoring, SOLID
Posted in Development | 1 comment
The acronym for SOLID has been making rounds for some time now. SOLID is a set of principles that will help you write code that is easier to understand, maintain, and simple.
Writing SOLID code is not easy and takes effort and craftsmanship. The road to SOLID is not a direct route and you’ll need [...]
September 26, 2009 - 12:33 pm
Tags: change
Posted in Random Thoughts | No comments
There are big changes happening amidst a very busy time in my career. Firstly, I have accepted an opportunity to join Daugherty Business Solutions as a consultant. This is a big change for me as I am leaving the public sector where I’ve been for the last 10 years. I’m really looking forward to getting [...]
September 19, 2009 - 10:34 pm
Tags: API, Development, Xna, Zune HD
Posted in XNA Framework | 9 comments
While I have been fully enjoying my Zune HD experience I decided I should give apps a try after seeing the announcement about XNA Studio 3.1 and the XNA Extensions for the Zune HD. I have explored XNA a little prior to this but did not really dig into it. With my Zune HD in [...]
December 26, 2008 - 8:00 am
Tags: Development, Patterns, Unity
Posted in Architecture | Comments Off
In my previous post on dependency injection I discussed a simple way to enable dependency injection using configuration and System.Activator. The method described would be sufficient for many cases but may not offer enough power for every situation. This time we will explore the use of an Inversion of Control container, namely Microsoft’s Unity Application [...]
December 15, 2008 - 8:36 pm
Tags: Development, Friends, Learning
Posted in Software Development | Comments Off
I like finding people who have stumbled upon the same best practices I have. It makes me feel less lonely in the universe. Friday night before the St Louis Day of .NET I was able to attend the speakers dinner at Granite City Food and Brewery in Creve Coeur (great food by the way, Mediterranean [...]
December 9, 2008 - 7:46 pm
Tags: Coding, Development
Posted in Architecture, Uncategorized | Comments Off
Today I was walking down to the lunchroom to get some Christmas cake with one of my teammates and he was telling me about these services he wants to create for the application he is now project lead for. On the way up he said "Ok so you know how important names are so how [...]
September 8, 2008 - 7:13 pm
Tags: Development, memes
Posted in Random Thoughts | Comments Off
I saw this meme floating around the development community and thought it was a fun one. Clint Edmonson has called me on it so I’m going to give it a shot.
How old were you when you started programming?
My first experience with programming was on the Atari XE. I was around 8 or 9 when my [...]
August 10, 2008 - 8:01 pm
Tags: change, Leadership
Posted in Leadership | Comments Off
I was in a meeting last week where some individuals had very real concerns. Their job has been relatively the same for the last 10-15 years and with changes all around our organization they are truly wondering where their future lies in the organization. As I listened to their concern it really hit me that [...]