Archive for March, 2010
Ep. 21 – What Have We Learned about Programming
by Mike on Mar.23, 2010, under Podcast
Mike reviews some lessons learned as shared by a number of Improvers including Allen, past podcast guest Ben Rady, and podcast new-comers Jane Prusakova and Paul Holser. Topics:
- Programming in the small for readability.
- Whatever happened to programming?
- Balancing flexibility, structure, consistency, and cost.
- Keep tasks small to avoid “yak shaving”.
- Beware local maxima.
- Don’t mistake an array for a hash in Ruby.
- Learning from others is the best way to pick up best practices.
- Don’t fight the framework!
Links:
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Ep. 20 – Visual Studio 2010 Testing Tools
by Allen on Mar.09, 2010, under Podcast
In an all-Microsoft show, Allen talks with Chris Tullier and Todd Girvin about Microsoft’s new innovations in the area of software test.
Topics Covered:
- Visual Studio testing today
- New Visual Studio SKUs
- New Coded UI testing
- Microsoft Test Manager QA Tools
- IntelliTrace and Developer/QA Interaction
- Recommended Tests/Test Impact
- More on new SKUs
- Lab Management
- Licensing
Links
- Ed Glas’ Blog
- Visual Studio 2010 Homepage
- Visual Studio 2010 RC
- @ChrisTullier
- AgileDotNet Conference
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (26.6MB)