Automation to the rescue (again) for newbie TDDers! (NCover)

My current project (which I am very excited about!) is building an internet facing ASP.NET application for a high profile function. It involves building business objects to map to the database and general functions of the system and then mapping those into the UI. And now the fun part … the entire application has been [...]

Back to Pittsburgh for Microsoft DevDays on March 9th!

I will be speaking at Microsoft Developer Days 2004 back in Pittsburgh on March 9th. It looks to be a very exciting event with a strong emphasis on security. I will be presenting “Threats and Threat Modeling - Understanding Web Application Threats and Vulnerabilities” on the Web Development Track.
There will be great speakers from the [...]

Xml documentation comments are like hairspray!

The Refactoring folks talk about CodeSmell and CodeDeodorant. The concept is that a codesmell is when there is a feeling that something *could* be wrong with a piece of code. CodeDeodorant is when an attempt is made to cover up the smell by adding whitespace (for “clarity”) or detailed comments to explain the code. These [...]

Remote Scripting in Findlay

I presented “Remote Scripting in .NET” for the first time last Wednesday (1/28/2004). The event was held at Microsoft’s offices in Findlay, Ohio. There were about 30 people with quite a few Microsoft employees. The presentation digs deep into how Remote Scripting works and gets rather technical in places - this knowledge is not necessary [...]

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