... i'm not the target audience, so my reaction might not count, but... teaching something is hard. each audience member probably learns in a different way....
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Scott
slbain9000
Apr 20, 2010 8:09 pm
One thing I've been tasked to do is create a recorded edicational series designed to help procedural programmers make the transition to objects. Some...
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Scott
slbain9000
Mar 19, 2010 5:59 pm
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who responded to my TDD Metrics question. Very interesting and useful responses. :)...
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Mar 16, 2010 3:12 am
Yep. Sad but seemingly commonplace. They don't actually burn us at the stake anymore but things haven't changed much in the last five-hundred years. Max...
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Raoul Duke
theraoulduke
Mar 15, 2010 6:30 pm
... a moment of silence for that playing out ever over across the globe......
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Mar 15, 2010 6:57 am
Certainly that’s an important perspective and one that is all too often ignored. Though I should point out that not knowing the state of the cat is what...
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Mar 15, 2010 6:42 am
Ten lines of code is a lot closer to the trivial example I gave than it is to a two day project. I'm not saying that there aren't a handful of exceptional...
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chrishand40
Mar 15, 2010 3:20 am
I thought about this ... If you have two teams, one doing TDD and one that isn't. The way they estimate could make one appear to have a higher velocity then...
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chrishand40
Mar 15, 2010 2:40 am
Personal experience: I created a set of webapi's that provided a set of functionality. I was then asked to create a simple tool that used the webapis for a...
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Mar 15, 2010 1:49 am
See, I disagree with the "ALWAYS takes longer than someone that just 'bangs out the code'" statement. or at least I've had different experiences. The code can...
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Mar 15, 2010 1:43 am
I just don't get how you can show the increase in productivity without measuring velocity and, as soon as that measurement comes into play, I think it opens up...
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chrishand40
Mar 14, 2010 10:02 pm
TDD ... now with 40% more productivity! (Oh, and the short answer is no, I don't know of any report I would respect that says TDD is more productive that some...
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Kim Gräsman
kimgrasman
Mar 14, 2010 6:56 pm
Hi Scott, George Dinwiddie has a good set of refs at http://biblio.gdinwiddie.com/biblio/StudiesOfTestDrivenDevelopment Hope that helps, - Kim...
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Scott Bain
slbain9000
Mar 14, 2010 6:07 pm
I understand what you're saying, Max, and insofar as we are talking "velocity";, I think you are right. I think what I should have asked is: are there any...
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Alan Shalloway
alshalloway
Mar 14, 2010 5:59 pm
You should check out Michael mah's site at http://www.qsma.com/index.shtml Alan Shalloway, CEO, Sr. Consultant, Net Objectives Author of Lean-Agile Software...
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Mar 14, 2010 8:28 am
I think that such a study would be difficult to do in the current political climate as it could be impugned simply by not accepting the metrics used to prove...
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Otávio Macedo
otaviomicrobio
Mar 13, 2010 9:31 pm
Here are some comments on this: http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/proof.htm ... -- Otávio A. C. Macedo Here are some comments on this: ...
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Scott
slbain9000
Mar 13, 2010 9:16 pm
Most TDD practitioners I've spoken with claim that teams that reach a matutity with TDD enjoy an increase in productivity. I have no trouble believing this,...
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e_renshaw
Feb 2, 2010 7:20 pm
Very nice post Greg. I would just put a word in for Unity, it actually does a nice job and I am comfortable with the folks behind it knowing what they are...
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Kim Gräsman
kimgrasman
Feb 1, 2010 4:21 pm
Hello, ... I don't have a clear opinion either way, but I read this the other day, and it seems to touch on a couple of your concerns: ...
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Feb 1, 2010 3:43 pm
Myself, I don't use "dependency injection frameworks" very often. I have something similar that I've rolled on my own that I use very rarely to decouple .dlls...
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gregbanister
Feb 1, 2010 3:42 pm
There are many good open source "DI frameworks" / "IOC Containers" (I probably shouldn't, but I tend to use these two terms interchangeably) . To name a few...
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Christopher Sage
bigbuffwolf
Feb 1, 2010 3:20 pm
I would say that dependency injection frameworks are a good tool to use when you need/would like something to manage that for you. In my opinion, any project...
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chrishand40
Feb 1, 2010 8:29 am
What is the take on these? When would you say "this project would benefit"? A project would be taking on a respectible sized dependency just adding a DI...
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chrishand40
Feb 1, 2010 8:23 am
It is a general question. I was reading around on the issue, and there is a strong push to favor DI over class factories. The thing that concerned me is the...
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Max Guernsey, III
maxguernseyiii
Jan 26, 2010 2:11 am
I'm fairly certain that Scott summed up the issues nicely. I'll admit, I don't know what the term "ClassFactories" means and could interpret it one of two...
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Allan Schougaard
allanschougaard
Jan 25, 2010 8:26 pm
Why one or the other? DI essentially just says (one interpretation) that the agency in charge of creating objects and tying them together should not be the...
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Christopher Sage
bigbuffwolf
Jan 25, 2010 6:35 pm
It would also depend upon what your goal is. Is there anything in particular you're trying to solve, or is this just a general question? -Chris ... It would...
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Scott Bain
slbain9000
Jan 25, 2010 6:14 pm
It's an interesting question, Chris. Thanks for posting it. There are some ways in which this is an either/or question (ways in which DI and factories relate)...
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chrishand40
Jan 25, 2010 5:59 pm
Can someone explain when would I want to prefer one over the other? Thanks, -Chris...
