Objects Will Solve it All Back in 1992 I had a depressing conversation with a gentleman who was a consultant engaged at my company. I love programming. I love the process of gathering requirements and solving the puzzle to solve a real world need. My friend, Jerry, said that world would be gone in another 5-10 years. I was crushed. […]

What Matters Most – Part II Friday I introduced this topic based on the difficulty of finding the best solution for a problem that can be solved with technology. The right software completed too slowly is no more valuable than the wrong software created quickly. Software needs to match the needs of the intended audience. The problem is that we […]

I received the following paragraph in an Email of the Typemock newsletter: Eli Lopian, CEO of Typemock, laid out his thoughts on the necessity of unit testing in software development: "Any software programmer that does not do unit testing is a reckless coder," declared Lopian. "Unit testing is an essential part of any software development process. It allows you to […]

What Matters Most When it comes to software solutions there are so many techniques, environments, and languages to get work done that decisions become nearly impossible to do a thorough evaluation of the options. We get into conversations, sometime quite heated, about what options are the best. Often, I know at least for myself, the opinion I have is not […]

Data Collection SQL Server 2008 introduced a simple data warehouse capability for gathering statistics about you SQL Server and/or SQL Service. The tool comes with a wizard to create a database for storing information, a wizard to create trace definitions, integration with the Management features in the Server Object Explorer, and reporting to review the history of data captured. This […]

Bleeding edge has its price, there’s no doubt. I can’t help wondering if that isn’t the case right at the moment when it comes to "proper" solutions for managing your systems, for deploying solutions. The premise is that you break apart your solution and put the different parts where they are best supported. In the case of SQL Server, for […]

Sharing Custom Libraries Using NuGet Javier shares a technique he uses with NuGet by defining custom packages on a local share or common folder. Instead of downloading source code from the internet, you become responsible for maintaining the assemblies to manage using NuGet. This method may be used for your own common assemblies. Javier writes: I am a silent reader […]

What Matters Most Friday I introduced this topic based on the difficulty of finding the best solution for a problem that can be solved with technology. The right software completed too slowly is no more valuable than the wrong software created quickly. Software needs to match the needs of the intended audience. The problem is that we are not willing […]

Yesterday this started with a "what would you do" if you had no limits – and were completely in control. What’s the perfect work environment? Several great bits of feedback came in and things are surprisingly consistent. To start, here’s Joseph’s note: "Being heard. I don’t need my managers to adopt every idea I have, but when they hear me […]

NuGet I wrote about NuGet a few months ago. After using it extensively for quite some time, I’m not sure how much I like it. It is really great for handling and maintaining external libraries. In fact, you can even establish your own shared libraries to be published on NuGet for others, or independently in house. I use Nuget to […]