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Mon, Oct 27 2008 15:00

How to convince developers and management to use automated unit test for AJAX websites

Everyone agrees that unit testing is a good thing, we should all write unit tests. We read articles and blogs to keep us up-to-date on what’s going on in the unit test world so that we can sound cool talking to peers at lunch. But when we really sit down...
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Mon, Oct 20 2008 19:08

Tips and tricks to rescue overdue projects

One of my friends, who runs his own offshore development shop, was having nightmare situation with one of his customers. He's way overdue on a release, the customer is screaming everyday, he's paying his team from his own pocket, customer is sending...
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Sat, Oct 11 2008 8:21

An Agile Developer's workflow when SCRUM is used

If you are planning to start SCRUM at your company, you might need to train developers and QA to get into the mindset of an Agile developer. SCRUM is only successful when the developers and QA get into the habit of following the principles of SCRUM by...
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Sun, Oct 5 2008 11:29

Using multiple broadband connections without using any special router or software

I have two broadband connections. One cheap connection, which I mostly use for browsing and downloading. Another very expensive connection that I use for voice chat, remote desktop connection etc. Now, using these two connections at the same time required...
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Fri, May 25 2007 8:42

Webcast + Podcast + Blog + Widgets = Pagecast

You have seen webcasts and heard Podcasts. Skype introduced Skypecast. Pageflakes now gives you Pagecast. Using the Page publishing feature in Pageflakes, you can make your pages public and share with the world and thus make Pagecast! On your page, you...
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Sun, Dec 17 2006 14:53

Database connection string wrong in MSDN Subscription website

This is one of those moments in history which you must be really lucky to witness. Can you believe MSDN actually had a connection string problem in their website which were exposed wide open to the public? Also they deployed the site in debug mode in...
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Thu, Dec 7 2006 16:43

Reduce web site build time

When you have a pretty large web site in Visual Studio 2005, the site build time grows dramatically and it becomes very difficult to change code and then hit F5 (or Ctrl+Shift+B) in order to see if the project builds properly or not. In Pageflakes , we...
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Thu, Nov 9 2006 9:51

How to become a really experienced developer overnight

I get a lot of request from a lot of people who see my works and get inspired and ask me how can they do the same? The questions I generally get are following: How can I become a developer like you? How can I develop projects like you did? What do I need...
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