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Mon, Mar 30 2009 23:02

Evolving code over time

Given economics, time constraints, resource limitations, etc.; you can't write all the functionality for a given solution for a single release. Even if you weren't limited by these constraints, you're likely to get changing requirements as...
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Thu, Mar 26 2009 11:33

DevTeach 2009 Vancouver

The schedule for DevTeach 2009 Vancouver has been announced ( http://www.devteach.com/ ). There’s lots of great software development sessions from some of the leaders in our industry. If you’re planning on improving yourself, this is the conference...
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Wed, Mar 11 2009 9:36

Developing with Source Code Control - Best Practices Part 2

[Edited 14-Mar-09: clarified generated code SCC practice] This edition provides SCC vocabulary and some more practices that make development life easier. Vocabulary Trunk The root of the project or database. Sometimes called mainline or baseline; depending...
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Thu, Jan 29 2009 11:10

A Upcoming Pandemic of Domain Anaemia

There's a well-known anti-pattern called the anaemic domain model[1][2]. This anti-pattern basically says domain entities, chronically, have little or no behaviour (remember, object-oriented design is about attributes and behaviour). It should be...
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Sat, Oct 18 2008 8:54

Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices Part 1

This post will detail some first principles about source code control (SCC) and provide what I consider the most basic of practices that every dev should follow. What is SCC? SCC provides developers the ability to keep a history of their changes. SCC...
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