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661 Scott L. Bain
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Dec 1, 2008
6:12 pm
http://www.netobjectives.com/blogs/christmas-tree-lights-analogy A (hopefully) enjoyable tie in to the holidays, all about code qualities... -Scott-...
662 richsharpe90 Send Email Dec 8, 2008
4:49 pm
Hi, After speaking with many attendees (usually in the bar at the end of the day) at Conferences such as Agile 2008 etc I was surprised to hear from a lot of...
663 Scott L. Bain
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Dec 8, 2008
6:30 pm
Very well-written, and persuasive, Richard. One minor point that I would add (this coming from Amir Kolsky) is the notion of defects is often thought of in...
664 Raoul Duke
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Jan 13, 2009
9:13 pm
hi, on the one hand, you might want to only have one implementation of any given feature across all products which have that feature. on the other hand, you...
665 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 13, 2009
10:46 pm
Raoul: Let me see if I can restate your question, just to make sure I get ya... When designing a component, you can make it very specific for a given use (and...
666 Raoul Duke
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Jan 13, 2009
11:17 pm
hi, ... thanks for the note. what you say makes sense and i need to learn to do that more accurately + precisely in my code. i think i was thinking poorly, and...
667 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 13, 2009
11:21 pm
Hmmm, well it still seems to me that my response applies, if you look at the "testing" section of each pattern. Once you separate the issues, you can test...
668 Raoul Duke
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Jan 13, 2009
11:32 pm
hi, ... thank you for the note. what you say makes sense. i think then it comes down to being able to really know the true boundaries of a system: if we knew...
669 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 13, 2009
11:37 pm
Ø but if we can't have a complete set of tests (theoretically impossible) then we run the risk that a change demanded by one application will break another...
670 Raoul Duke
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Jan 14, 2009
12:01 am
hi, ... i think (hope) i understand what you are getting at -- there must be a ww2 style quote somewhere about how "we must resist those forces which attempt...
671 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 14, 2009
12:12 am
Well, there is now. J From: leanprogramming@yahoogroups.com [mailto:leanprogramming@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Raoul Duke Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009...
672 Steven Campbell
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Jan 20, 2009
2:10 pm
You might get more answers on a group more focused on program architecture. (Unfortunately, AFAIK there are none, or at least none that are active enough to...
673 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 20, 2009
4:15 pm
This was a superb response, especially the comment about open-closed-ness. Could not agree more. I'll just point out that testing does indeed lead you...
674 Raoul Duke
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Jan 20, 2009
6:44 pm
thanks for the thoughts, everyone! ... i have to wonder about how this can go wrong. i believe there is some tension / balance one must seek between "one step...
675 Steven Campbell
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Jan 21, 2009
2:13 am
Inline... ... This is the poorly understood domain of product architecture. You either code *everything* behind abstractions or someone has to guess at what...
676 Raoul Duke
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Jan 21, 2009
6:09 am
... strewth, 'tis all too true! (in my decade-and-a-half-ish, i've seen a pretty decent gamut of Architects, i guess. unfortunately, i'm currently at a place...
677 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 21, 2009
4:24 pm
One interesting way to thing about Steve's point about "how much abstraction" is to ask yourself what the purpose of abstracting is in the first place. Part of...
678 Rob Myers
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Jan 21, 2009
7:43 pm
See below... ... "Emergent Design" is one of those areas that, when you examine one "agile" developer practice, you have to look at another. Refactoring...
679 Raoul Duke
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Jan 22, 2009
1:54 am
another vague question, i'm pondering today: how do you manage / balance making abstractions which represent the domain, vs. ones which are more about the...
680 Steven Campbell
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Jan 22, 2009
2:50 am
We're waaay off topic now, but I'm enjoying the conversation immensely... ... The complexity that abstraction adds is not to the individual pieces of code...
681 Kim Gräsman
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Jan 22, 2009
11:41 am
Hi Rob, First off, great experience reports, I really enjoyed your e-mail! ... Any chance you could add a little more detail on what happened here? I agree...
682 Ilja Preuß
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Jan 22, 2009
1:33 pm
What makes you think there is a "vs."?...
683 Raoul Duke
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Jan 22, 2009
7:04 pm
hi, Thanks for your note. ... * The reality that you aren't going to invent the perfect DSL for everything all the time. * The Law of Leaky Abstractions. *...
684 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 22, 2009
9:08 pm
Al (Shalloway) has suggested a new pattern for the repository. I think it might be interesting to get some views from this group, especially to determine if...
685 Chuck Walrad
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Jan 23, 2009
8:00 pm
Fyi - in case you know anyone who might be interested. Subject: NY area - Director, Software Development - Media Please respond to...
686 Raoul Duke
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Jan 23, 2009
9:26 pm
i asked once before about yagni and a response was, if i paraphrase it correctly, that it doesn't mean you hack whatever is most obvious and then refactor...
687 Scott L. Bain
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Jan 23, 2009
10:08 pm
Raoul: Make sure you: Separate Use from Creation Program By Intention Express all behaviors in unique tests ...and I think you've covered the majority of...
688 Gary Brown
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Jan 24, 2009
2:11 am
Raoul, First of all, learn how to use the shift key. YAGNI is the tension between Simple Design and Gold Plating. Simple Design, to me, means: * Does...
689 Alan Shalloway
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Jan 24, 2009
2:38 am
gary civility please J Alan Shalloway, CEO, Sr. Consultant Net Objectives. Achieving Enterprise Agility 425-269-8991 From: leanprogramming@yahoogroups.com ...
690 Ilja Preuß
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Jan 24, 2009
2:07 pm
... There is no YAGNI at the architecture level. http://radio.javaranch.com/ilja/2008/02/27/1204145190205.html ... No, there is no tension. You "simply"...
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