I just ran across this. I thought the group would enjoy it. http://www.waterfall2006.com/ There's a talk called "Dinosaur Strategies: How Data Professionals...
Hilarious, Since Apr 1 is my birthday, I appreciated the joke. Sure hope their BDUF process lets them get a registration page up soon. I'm going if I can find...
I have an idea for a conversation starter here on the list. Would anyone be interested in taking the (insert number of XP practices that exist right now, but...
How about YAGNI? I think this is always the one I have problems adhering to. Although I know in the back of my head that I can always refactor later, I tend to...
... Well, the obvious way is to do frequent releases. I find that I tend to want to cram more in when the time to release is longer. For example, say a company...
I'll drink to that, James I do the same thing. Coding functionality is fun. BUT, we've got to write tests for the simplest functionality REQUESTED. You can see...
Anyone going to the NFJS conference in March? Any good debauchery I could be let in on (being new to the area and all)? Any good topics we could get together...
... I'll be there. I'm giving a talk on "Ruby Tools". For a description of all the talks, see http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/show_topics.jsp?showId=46. All ...
... I'll be there. I'm giving a talk on EJB3 Persistence. Stop by and introduce yourself if you like. Jeff -- Autism Strikes 1 in 250 Find The Cause ~ Find...
The February meeting of the St. Louis Extreme Programming Users' Group will be held on Monday, February 20th, from 7-9PM at our usual location on Jungermann...
Not that hardly anyone knows me... I should post my introduction sometime. Short story shorter, i work for Simutronics here in St Charles (near sams/walmart),...
Don't know if this is the right place to post this. But my company, WDT Solutions would like to donate lunch for one day of the Code Camp in May. At least to...
Could it be the last bastion of IT gurus chasing each other with helmets playing laser tag? Always wanted to do that. _____ From: xpstl@yahoogroups.com...
... I've worked in business oriented development, and in the game industry, and there are quite a few similarities, and much differences. When I give talks at...
... [...] ... Thanks for sharing. It was a good read. You don't talk much about TDD. Graphics is probably one area where automated testing as we know it is not...