Posts tagged ‘development’
Learning how to develop for SharePoint
Lots of stuff to learn!
Book quote from Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#
Uncle Bob MartinA team of average programmers who communicate well are more likely to succeed than is a group of superstars who fail to interact as a team.
Hanselman’d – Simplify your VS toolbar
I’m a big fan of personalizing VS to improve the user experience. It’s so easy to get information overload in VS if you aren’t careful.
Clean Coders: Code-casts for Software Professionals
This is a new production by Uncle Bob Martin, author of Clean Code and other books. This website was just launched today and looks pretty promising. The production style is unusual but fun. I’m looking forward to watching more than just the first video. Follow Uncle Bob on twitter, @unclebobmartin.
Reference: Powershell profiles
This is not a page that I use very often, but it’s something that I do reference occasionally. Hopefully putting it here will make it easier for me to locate it, and it may be helpful to someone else out there that hasn’t seen it before.
git-tfs; using Git and TFS together
This is an interesting blog post that talks about how to use git and TFS together. It’s seems to be a pretty good option for improving local development, while still using TFS for managing the team branches of code. I’m going to give this a shot myself, as we move to TFS at work.
Videos from mvcConf
These are the videos from the virtual conference based on ASP.Net MVC. The conference took place earlier this month, and it sounds like it was a great event. There were definitely a bunch of positive reviews on twitter.
24 hour free-for-all at Tekpub
Rob Conery, from his blogIn honor of pushing our newest series Mastering C# 4 with Jon Skeet, Tekpub is opening its doors once again for 24 hours for all people to come and check out the groovy content we have.
Principal #5
Principles behind the Agile ManifestoBuild projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
dofactory – design patterns
This is a decent resource for learning more about design patterns, especially in relation to .NET. Covers the same design patterns found in the Gang of Four’s book.
Editing variable length lists in ASP.NET MVC 2
A blog post by Steven Sanderson, which he referenced in the TekPub video series on ASP.NET MVC 2.
The Morning Brew [blog]
As the summary of the blog states: “The Morning Brew is a daily .NET software development link blog published by Chris Alcock, a software developer from the north west of England.”
I highly recommend following this blog if you are looking for any easy way to keep up with the happenings around the .NET world.
Left. Left. Left right ..err join?
On July 25th and 26th there is an event in Birmingham called LINQ Boot Camp. During this event we will go through “Programming LINQ” chapter by chapter. The event is hosted by the Birmingham Software Developers Association and is completely free to all who attend (though I believe the number of attendees is limited to about 40 people). Anyone that volunteers to present will also receive a free copy of the book. The event will run from about 9 to 5 on both days, and I believe lunch will be provided. More…
I plan on attending CodeStock 2009
CodeStock is about Community. For Developers, by Developers (with love for SysAdmins and DBAs too!). Last year an idea started at CodeStock to mix Open Spaces within a traditional conference. This year we’re going to crank things up to 11 and rip off the knob – and you’re being drafted to help!
- Keynote by Microsoft RIA Architect Evangelist Josh Holmes
- From Developer to Business Owner roundtable with guest Nick Bradbury creator of HomeSite, TopStyle, and FeedDemon
- 50+ break out sessions + Open Spaces (self-organizing sessions)
- Grand Prize: VSTS 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium
- Virtual sessions with Jeffery Richter and John Robbins
Space is limited so register today at CodeStock.org
Update: In light of the fact that I have recently started a new job, I will not be able to come to Friday at Codestock. However, I’m planning on driving up either Friday night or Saturday morning, so I’ll be there all day Saturday. I must say I’m pretty excited about it though!
Why programming is fun
The following quote is from the book The Mythical Man-Month. This book is currently on my reading list, and one that I’m certainly looking forward to.
Why is programming fun? What delights may its practioner expect as his reward? More…