October 2007 - Posts
Summary Motley: Inspections seem a bit heavy. They suck up too much time for little gain. Maven: Inspections are actually a fairly light-weight structured process that find more issues compared to ad-hoc peer reviews and team reviews. ______________________________
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Summary Motley: Quick ad-hoc peer reviews are sufficient to nail bugs early in the development cycle. Maven: A more structured team-based code review process can lead to more issues found. ______________________________ [Context: Maven overhears a code
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Summary Motley: The debugger is my most valuable tool as a developer. Maven: Check out other tools that will give you the big picture of the current state of your system, including .NET Reflector, NotePad++, Regulator, TestDriven.NET, and Fiddler. ______________________________
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Summary Motley: The debugger is my most valuable tool as a developer. Maven: Check out other tools that will give you the big picture of the current state of your system, including Process Monitor, Process Explorer, and AutoRuns. ______________________________
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Summary Motley: Regular one-on-one meetings with my manager are pointless. Hallway conversations are good enough. Maven: Schedule weekly 1:1 meetings with your manager. Track your agenda throughout the week, and have a monthly discussion about your performance.
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