James Newkirk's Blog
Adding to the kipple... One post at a time.
I just posted a the presentation and sample code from the Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing...
Date: 06/28/2008
I have written a blog post detailing the issues that I have with ExpectedException. Also, I am not...
Date: 06/27/2008
We released xUnit.net 1.0 today! Download, blog post.
Date: 04/23/2008
Brad Wilson and I released xUnit.net v1.0(RC2) today. Brad has the details on his blog. You can...
Date: 03/16/2008
The CodePlex team will be well represented again at the patterns & practices Summit in Redmond,...
Date: 10/20/2007
I have just blogged about a new testing framework that Brad Wilson and I have developed. Click here...
Date: 09/20/2007
I just posted my thoughts about Setup and Teardown at my new blog home. Click here.
Date: 09/15/2007
Due to the shutdown of GotDotNet I have moved the NUnit Converter V1.1 to here. Note: This is not a...
Date: 06/30/2007
These two books were recently published by Addison-Wesley. For a blog post on each book see the...
Date: 06/30/2007
Due to the closing of GotDotNet I have moved the supplemental material (sample chapter and source...
Date: 06/25/2007
I have decided for a number of reasons to move my blog to a new address. The new address is...
Date: 06/25/2007
I will be at TechEd next week. I am helping out my co-author Will Stott at a Chalk-Talk Session on...
Date: 06/01/2007
When we launched CodePlex last June we thought there might be an issue with some projects that had...
Date: 03/20/2007
(co-authored with Brad Wilson) Even since the release of Visual Studio Team System 2005 with easy to...
Date: 02/25/2007
We deployed a new version of the CodePlex software this past Tuesday. I wanted to give you a break...
Date: 02/24/2007
We deployed a new version of CodePlex last week on Tuesday, January 30th. Some of the...
Date: 02/05/2007
Would you like to work on the CodePlex project? Now is your chance to participate in the further...
Date: 12/29/2006
I was having a problem with my car last week and I took it into the dealership because it is still...
Date: 11/13/2006
I am very happy to announce (although Brad and Scott blogged about it last week - what can I say I...
Date: 11/01/2006
There will be a special issue of IEEE Software focusing on Test-Driven Development. The submission...
Date: 11/01/2006
I have been remiss in my posting with regard to the last CodePlex deployment. We deployed a new...
Date: 10/08/2006
The CodePlex team will be well represented (in fact you might get sick of us) at the patterns &...
Date: 09/07/2006
I have been getting asked quite a bit lately about updating the Test-Driven Development book. A...
Date: 09/07/2006
We updated the CodePlex software today and added a new feature or two. The main feature that is...
Date: 09/05/2006
The team interview went live today. You can find it at...
Date: 08/17/2006
Last week on Wednesday we deployed Version 06.06.09.1588 of the CodePlex software. The version...
Date: 06/27/2006
I will be attending TechEd in Boston in June. If you have questions about CodePlex...
Date: 05/27/2006
I will be in Boston for TechEd in June to present a talk about design patterns and (IMO) how best to...
Date: 05/27/2006
Since we went live 2 weeks ago we have received over 100 new project creation requests. The vast...
Date: 05/27/2006
In the short-term, the answer is no. The CodePlex team is focused on making this site the best place...
Date: 05/24/2006
Over 13 months ago (April 4, 2005 in fact) I posted something on my blog that I was leaving the...
Date: 05/16/2006
Do you want to work on an Agile development team at Microsoft? Here's your chance. We are currently...
Date: 02/15/2006
The first Release Candidate of the NUnit Converter has been uploaded to the GotDotNet workspace. It...
Date: 12/18/2005
The patterns & practices summit in Redmond is finishing up today. I did a talk yesterday for the...
Date: 12/15/2005
The December CTP of the Guidance Automation Toolkit has been released. This version works with...
Date: 12/14/2005
I will be in Los Angeles next week (September 13-16, 2005). On Wednesday (September 14) and Thursday...
Date: 09/08/2005
For awhile I have wanted to read the book "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. I finally...
Date: 08/29/2005
I have been to many conferences over the years. Lately I have been attending mostly Microsoft...
Date: 07/30/2005
I have released V0.5. You can get it here. Due to the feedback I received from Scott Densmore this...
Date: 07/29/2005
From Peli's Blog... Unit Testing in .NET Projects by Jay Flowers and Andrew Stopford -- The article...
Date: 07/20/2005
From Brad Wilson (The .NET Guy) Italicize the ones you've seen and Bold the ones you actually liked....
Date: 07/08/2005
I was talking with Scott Densmore and Brian Button who are busy converting the tests in Enterprise...
Date: 07/08/2005
There is a new version (0.3) of the converter in the GotDotNet workspace. Click here to download....
Date: 07/06/2005
I have posted an early version (0.2) of a conversion program. The program converts C# NUnit code...
Date: 06/24/2005
In addition to GotDotNet workspaces V2 I have been busy on the testing front. A number of customers...
Date: 06/02/2005
I will be in Orlando next week (June 6-10, 2005). I have been working on a number of things,...
Date: 06/02/2005
As some of you may already know, I have decided to leave the patterns & practices team. I have...
Date: 04/05/2005
In a previous post I wrote about changing the interface that the Bookmarks class would implement...
Date: 02/20/2005
It's been awhile but I have been pretty busy. I know both of these were delivered yesterday (28...
Date: 01/29/2005
In the previous post I refactored the storage mechanism to store a label and a Bookmark object. This...
Date: 01/03/2005