Brad Grant of Maritz will be discussing Scrum this evening. Brad is a certified Scrum Master, so he should have some very interesting comments. This month we...
Brian, Is this the book that you mentioned at the meeting last night? Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software Eric Evans ...
From: "dhhols" <holsclaw@...> ... I'm not Brian, but that is the book he mentioned. It is very good, especially along the core ideas that the book is...
I published the ppt I did last night as a pdf on my personal site if anyone is interested in it for future reference. http://xpstl.org/wiki.cgi?March2004 ...
Very good book. I picked it up last year and read it over Christmas. I fear that I may not have learned much from it, as I seemed to be agreeing with almost...
... That's interesting, Jeff, as that's one of the big things I pulled out of the book, too. I intend to have my operations on objects be as closed as possible...
Getting the word about about XP and Agile software development: The Organizing Committee of XPAU 2004 would like to hear your opinions/experiences regarding...
I got the book already. I can't say anything yet, but this value object restriction thing surprises me. In data visualization, one of the basic properties of a...
... I think what it was saying is that methods that do some sort of complicated operation should return a new value object of the same type with the results...
The book says that Value Objects with partial CLOSURE are an improvement, even if full CLOSURE can't be reached. Also, he says, "When the extra type is a...
is anyone using this integration/build tool, or Dashboard? http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net Just wondering your thoughts on implementation and practice. ...
"is anyone using this integration/build tool, or Dashboard? http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net" <http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net> We have been using...
We've been using CruiseControl to build a Java/C++/CORBA project. It has been a tremendous boon to the project. It was a horrible pain to set up, especially...
We've been using CruiseControl for a little over 2 years now. We have four projects set up on the Java CruiseControl and two projects set up on our .NET...
Brian, What part did you find interesting? These days, I just can't read his stuff. After picking two of those articles, I couldn't read any more. I disagree...
I know Alan has had a few run-ins with some of the more experienced members of the XP community. I can't remember the disagreements, but I found a few quotes...
I don't know your experiences, but I've been around for a while (not as long as some on this list). The agile methods are the first methodologies I've worked...
... Right. Everybody loves Frank Lloyd Wright. They never hand to live or work in his buildings. ;-> ... 40sonic.net&rnum=1, ... (I don't see why people...
I get the digest, so forgive the mixed topics. It's just easier that way for me. ... It will be interesting to see how this plays out in terms of offshoring ...
The last few posts had some interesting ideas about architecture and the architect role. I'll be making a few brief comments from my own experience on this...
... I would love to do something like this at a meeting any time. The topic is interesting, and I know I'd learn a lot about it. Mike, pick a month, pick your...
I plan to attend. And Kyle Cordes has been known to visit, from time to time. We may end up with a discussion anyway -- unless you think you can keep me...