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August 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:23 AM

Breaking News: Agile Works!

This article’s introduction caught my eye: Survey Says: Agile Works in Practice . IN A PRESENTATION at the Rational Software Developers Conference, Ivar Jacobson summed it up well with "These days, to say that you're not agile is the equivalent of saying
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Monday, August 28, 2006 9:36 PM

TFS and Continuous Integration

There are a few solutions for getting a continuous integration build going for your project, some of which are easier than others to setup. For those of you who don't know, continuous integration is basically having a build done every time anyone on a
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Friday, August 25, 2006 10:38 AM

Windows Live Writer

I have known about Windows Live Writer for a while now, and I had played with an early (pre-beta) version, but I have not blogged about it (or used the Beta version) until today. Writer is cool. Setup took almost to time. Configuration included entering
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Friday, August 18, 2006 7:16 AM

Sortable, Sticky Index Cards

My team (which is running a modified version of XP) is currently using sticky notes on the wall to track our work items and stories. We have a big area for all the project features. We use those giant (3 foot or so) sticky notes to hold a weekly iteration
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:35 AM

Writing Unit Tests to Describe the Programmer's Intent

Brian Button has a great post with an example on how to write descriptive unit test fixtures and unit tests . I would add that there are four things that define a descriptive, well written unit test: Descriptive . A descriptive name for the test is key.
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:32 PM

They found a name for the TDD Pair Programming Game -- "Micro-Pairing"

I have mentioned Peter, Brad, and Mitch's talk on combining pairing and test driven design several times in the past. Well, Peter finally officially named the game . Check it out.
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:49 PM

TDD Explained in Pictures

During Brad, Peter, and Mitch's talk at Agile 2006 , Brad drew on the board a state diagram explaining TDD, and he got it simple enough anyone should be able to follow it. Since then, he made a digital copy and posted it on his blog. Enjoy reading about
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:16 AM

Web Service Software Factory Released

Another one of the patterns & practices teams has released the guidance and software they have been working on for the past several months. Check it out at the Web Service Software Factory MSDN site . And check out the Service Factory Community Site
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:41 AM

The TDD Pairing Game - Revisited

Yesterday, I mentioned Brad and Peter's talk on the TDD Pair Programming Game. Brad did a write-up on the most recent presentation they did at Agile 2006. He even shared the slide deck they uesd.
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