Kyle, Thanks for the information re: SVN, git and mercurial. It was a very interesting video and now I'm going to have to check out git. Linus makes a pretty...
Good stuff. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what BDD is. But I like the ideas I've heard. http://behaviour-driven.org/ ... From: oferrigni To:...
I think that the downside to 'git' and related distributed tools is that you have to accept the idea of summary checkins -- "This is the checking of everything...
... This is not true - rather, what you have described as a problem with git is actually a key problem that git solves (where git = git itself and other...
... That seems to be specific to only certain distributed tools. Arch (ie, tla and perhaps derivatives like bazaar) do this sort of thing, where if you're...
... This is the key feature I wish I had right now at work. We've got * Feature A, targeted at the June release that got backed out at the last moment and...
I know Lean ain't XP but there are many synergies. I am doing a webinar next week that should prove to be a good introduction to Lean Software Development....
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I have been a member on here since 2002 but never really introduced myself. Currently I am a recruiter at Stockell Consulting and have been here for a little...
Good afternoon. My name is Jason Monastra and I am a new member of this group. I am a partner at United Global Technologies (www.ugtechnologies.com) and a...
I've got a web site (in PHP) that has a countdown timer that shows up the last 3 days before a deadline for user submissions. It was written by someone else,...
... If it's too many places to conveniently pass the value around, simply put your stuff in a class, so that you can pass "Now" only once. Then write test...
Generally I put 'getCurrentTime' in a method in a class, then use polymorphism to substitute in a mock version that returns constant or controlled values....
... This statement caught my eye. Why is that, Kyle? Is this based on some reference you know about or just your gut call? I'm not saying it is incorrect, just...
... Good questions. I thought about these a bit and started to answer... but to answer well is more work than I have to offer for a mailing list post. Look for...
Hi All, While coming back from Agile 2007 this past week, I was thinking it would be great to start the xp user group for mid missouri back up again... the...
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If the only user-testing within an XP team is performed by the customer representatives within the team, how can professional software testers fit into the...
Hi, Cool... September 15th it is. Carfax will furnish the space and refreshments... attendees will furnish the fun. As I stated before, we'll do an exercise of...
Matthew, ... I'm currently coaching a team which is in the very context you depict. I'm spending a significant amount of my energy to have them realize that ...
Sorry.. I must've looked at the wrong month... the next meeting will be on the 12th of September, not the 15th (since that would be on a Saturday). ;) Thanks, ...
... Yea!!! I was thinking that a Saturday was pretty strange. I'll be there! I'll be glad to help in any way that I can. I did the exercise in the tutorial at...
I'm interested in getting back into XP. Where will you be meeting? Wes Drone w_drone@... ... the tutorial at the conference, along with 3 of your ... ...
I think Brian worked on this: http://www.eweek.com/slideshow/0,1206,l=&s=&a=213883,00.asp?kc=EWKNLEDP082307A #3 on eweek's list! (Yes, MS does open source....
May I ask where is Carfax? James Carr <james.r.carr@...> wrote: Sorry.. I must've looked at the wrong month... the next meeting will be on the 12th of...
... I worked on #8 as well, the Web Service Software Factory. patterns & practices is this little group in a little building in the old part of campus that no...
... Here's another video from p&p showing off their workspace a bit more and talking about what p&p is. Peter and Ed do a great job in both of these videos...